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plural backers
One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it. examples
(phonetics) comparative form of back: more back quotations examples
/eɪ/ This diphthong is a glide from mid front tongue position toward a higher, backer position similar to that of /ɪ/.
2005, Martin J. Ball, Nicole Müller, Phonetics for Communication Disorders, page 174