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backgrounders

backgrounders is the plural of backgrounder.

Meaning of backgrounder

Noun

backgrounder (plural backgrounders)

  1. (US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
    • One of the President's aides gave us a ten-minute backgrounder on the dairy industry before the meeting.
  2. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
    • […] backgrounders paint static background scenes, and then the animation components are layered on top […]1996, Ron Goldberg, Multimedia Producer's Bible, page 284
  3. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.

Questions about backgrounders

What is backgrounders the plural of?
Backgrounders is the plural of backgrounder.

Words near backgrounders in the dictionary

  1. background-checked
  2. background-checking
  3. background-checks
  4. backgrounded
  5. backgrounder
  6. backgrounders
  7. backgrounding
  8. backgroundings
  9. backgrounds
  10. backgroundy
  11. backhand

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backgrounders (page history and authors); backgrounder (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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