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backgrounder definition

back·ground·er (-gro̵und′ər)

noun

  1. a briefing, as by a government official, specif. of newspersons who agree not to name that official in their reports
  2. a printed handout containing background information

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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