noun
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a person who gives financial or other support
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a person who bets on a competitor or contestant
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of backer
Example Sentences
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“Tech has been a long backer of his, but at the same time there is this growing national outcry against data centers.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026
It was not Su’s only foray into the space industry; his company has been a high-profile backer of some of SpaceX’s Chinese competitors.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026
Beijing is wary of becoming over-reliant on any one country for energy and, as Russia's main economic backer, it remains in a strong position to negotiate on price.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
OpenAI won its legal tussle with its former backer Elon Musk on Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Ever attuned to the ebb and flow of research funding, he recognized that the government stood to become as generous a financial backer as the medical foundations he had mined to build the sixty-inch.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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