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Vinony

backer

noun

  1. someone who donates money to a crowd funding project
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbækɚ/

adj

  1. comparative form of back: more back

    “/eɪ/ This diphthong is a glide from mid front tongue position toward a higher, backer position similar to that of /ɪ/.”

name

Etymology: * As a German (Bäcker) and occasionally Danish surname, variant of Becker. Compare also Baecker. * As a Dutch and occasionally Norwegian surname, variant of Bakker. Compare also DeBacker. * As an English surname, variant of Baker.

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English back Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English backer From back + -er.

  1. One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.