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backer

noun

1 £3 million was provided by the project's backers:

sponsor, investor, subsidizer, underwriter, promoter, financier, patron, benefactor, benefactress, guarantor, supporter, friend;

informal angel;

rare Maecenas.

2 the backers of the proposition:

supporter, upholder, champion, defender, advocate, promoter, proponent, protagonist;

seconder, second;

North American booster.

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