backer has definitions from the field of theater
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[ noun ] (theater) invests in a theatrical production

Synonyms

angel

Used in print

(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)

He was not the sort of sailor Hudson wanted his backers to see on_board and he had Greene wait at Gravesend , where the Discovery picked him up .

Hudson named the capes Digges and Wolstenholme , for two of his backers .

Related terms

patron back

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 7629
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