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Definition of Back channel
1. Noun. An alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government). "They negotiated via a back channel"
Definition of Back channel
1. Noun. The smaller of two channels in a river that diverge to form an island ¹
2. Noun. An unofficial communications channel used to make informal or subversive negotiations ¹
3. Noun. (linguistics) A gesture or short prompt by which a listener invites a speaker to continue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Back Channel
Literary usage of Back channel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Adirondacks by Alfred Lee Donaldson (1921)
"They blasted out the solid rocks on the back channel and turned more water into
it by building a dam across the head of the rapids. ..."
2. The British Navy: Its Strength, Resources, and Administration by Thomas Brassey Brassey (1882)
"'The island is separated from the mainland by a narrow channel known as the back
channel, which in former years afforded a passage- way for vessels of ..."
3. The Struggle for American Independence by Sydney George Fisher (1908)
"They had discovered that they could send boats at night through the passage or
back channel between Fort Mifflin and this battery. ..."
4. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1869)
"... together with so much of the opposite shore of the back channel from League
island shore as shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, ..."
5. Players in the Game: Destiny of Doom by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"QUOTING (Spotlight): Mike Blair: CLINTON HAD “back channel” TO HANOI. ...
Bill Clinton were conducting secret “back channel” business with agents of the ..."
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