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Definition of Backer
1. Noun. Invests in a theatrical production.
Definition of Backer
1. n. One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest.
Definition of Backer
1. Noun. One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest. ¹
2. Adjective. (phonetics) (comparative of back lang=English POS=adjective) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backer
1. a supporter [n -S] - See also: supporter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backer
Literary usage of Backer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York by John Romeyn Brodhead, Berthold Fernow, Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, New York (State). Legislature (1881)
"PATENT то CLASS JANSEN backer FOE LAND AT PAVONIA. Petrus Stuyvesant etc. with the
Honble Council declare, that we have to-day, date underwritten, ..."
2. History of the American Theatre by George Overcash Seilhamer (1888)
"THE FIRST " backer " WHO SENT A COMPANY ON THE ROAD IN AMERICA — WHO WERE THE
HALLAMS ? ... THE first " backer " of an American theatrical enterprise, ..."
3. Calendar of Wills on File and Recorded in the Offices of the Clerk of the by Berthold Fernow, New York (State). Court of Appeals, New York (State). Secretary's Office (1896)
"Margaretha Clara, late widow of Heerman van de Poll, now wife of Jan backer.
Real and personal estate. Executors son Jan Frederick ..."
4. Belgium and Holland, Including the Grand-duchy of Luxembourg: Including the by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1897)
"317); the council hall, however, and the burgomaster's room contain some noteworthy
paintings by F. Bol, J. backer, G. Flinck, etc. ..."
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