backer
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
backer (plural backers)
- One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest.
Translations[edit]
one who backs
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Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
backer
- (phonetics) comparative form of back: more back
- Martin J. Ball and Nicole Müller (2005), Phonetics for communication disorders, p. 174:
- /eɪ/ This diphthong is a glide from mid front tongue position toward a higher, backer position similar to that of /ɪ/.
- Martin J. Ball and Nicole Müller (2005), Phonetics for communication disorders, p. 174: