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backer definition

backer (bak′ər)

noun

  1. a person who supports or gives help, as to a protégé or undertaking; patron; sponsor
  2. a person who bets on a contestant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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