1. backer - Noun
2. backer - Adjective
One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI was a Reagan backer. It was a shock for some people that I could agree with anything that man would say. Neil Young
I knew that he prayed a great deal, of course for help in the examinations. But subsequent clinical experience has convinced me that God is not particularly interested in examinations, just as he won't be dragged into the Stock Market, or being a backer in show business. Robertson Davies
1993 marked the final season that Williams ran with Canon as its primary backer. Source: Internet
A complicated but worthy compromise, bucking party orthodoxy to support an innovative idea – that could cost you a key endorsement, a big financial backer, a leadership post, or even an election." Source: Internet
Afterwards, he remained in the private sector, until President McKinley, for whom he had been a major backer, made him Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 1897. Source: Internet
Barrett at least won’t have his new team running around in a bare-fronted jersey when he arrives at Belmore, with the club close to naming a new major backer. Source: Internet