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Plural of backer

regular plural

The plural of backer is backers.

Forms of backer

Singularbacker /ˈbækɚ/
Pluralbackers
Countablecountable

Backers in a sentence

  • Stein hopes to capitalize on the presence of Sanders backers who won’t back Clinton.2016 August 8, David A. Graham, “The 2016 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet”, in The Atlantic. From the entry vaxxer
  • Most Sanders backers say they’ll vote for Clinton, and she’s hit turbulence over her flirtation with vaxers.2016 August 8, David A. Graham, “The 2016 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet”, in The Atlantic. From the entry vaxxer
  • Saudi Arabia has powerful backers on the Council, including the United States.2016 June 22, Somini Sengupta, “Saudis Question U.N. Leader Over Report on Rights Violators”, in The New York Times. From the entry leave the ball in someone's court
  • Moving crew and materials to this location bankrupted most of the backers.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Stations: Gagarin Station Codex entry. From the entry astronomical unit
  • We have to repay the investment from the backers first.2023, Ajay Chowdhury, The Detective, Random House, →ISBN. From the entry nine figures

Meaning of backer

  1. noun One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.

Full definition of backer

Questions about the plural of backer

What is the plural of backer?
The plural of backer is backers.
Is backer countable?
Backer is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backer (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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