backgrounder
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From background + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).
Noun
[edit ]backgrounder (plural backgrounders )
- (chiefly 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.
- A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
- 1996, Ron Goldberg, Multimedia Producer's Bible, page 284:
- [...] backgrounders paint static background scenes, and then the animation components are layered on top [...]
- A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.