Backer
['bækə(r)] or ['bækɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest.
Typist: Zamenhof
Examples
- Traddles is not at all wanted, but is in attendance as my general backer. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It is not generally known that Edison, in addition to being a newsboy and a contributor to the technical press, has also been a backer and an angel for various publications. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Checker: Rudolph