Word.ws English Dictionary

greenbacker

greenbacker is the alternative form of Greenbacker.

Noun capitalized: Greenbacker

Greenbacker (plural Greenbackers)

  1. (US, historical) A member of the Greenback Party, who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments (see Specie Payment Resumption Act).

Forms of greenbacker

pluralgreenbackers
pluralGreenbackers

Origin of greenbacker

From greenback + -er.

Questions about greenbacker

What does greenbacker mean?
Greenbacker means a member of the Greenback Party, who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments (see Specie Payment Resumption Act).
What is greenbacker the alternative form of?
Greenbacker is the alternative form of Greenbacker.
What part of speech is greenbacker?
Greenbacker is a noun.
What is the plural of greenbacker?
The plural of greenbacker is greenbackers.

Words near greenbacker in the dictionary

  1. Greenawalt
  2. Greenawalts
  3. Greenaway
  4. Greenaways
  5. greenback
  6. greenbacker
  7. greenbackers
  8. greenbackism
  9. greenbacks
  10. Greenbank
  11. greenbark

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: greenbacker (page history and authors); Greenbacker (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “greenbacker.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/greenbacker. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.