Meaning

3 senses
  1. (US)A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.

    One of the President's aides gave us a ten-minute backgrounder on the dairy industry before the meeting.

  2. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.

  3. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.

More definitions
  • a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy

Origin

From background + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

From background + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

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Forms

plural: backgrounders
Singularbackgrounder
Pluralbackgrounders

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbackground

See also

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