"backer" meaning in English

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      "*bʰeg-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰeg-#Proto-Indo-European:_bend"
    ],
    [
      "*baką",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baką"
    ],
    [
      "*bak",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bak"
    ],
    [
      "bæc",
      "bæc#Old_English:_bak"
    ],
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      "bak",
      "bak#Middle_English:_hind"
    ],
    [
      "back",
      "back#English:_rear"
    ],
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      "*-eh₂",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-eh₂"
    ],
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      "*-os",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-os#Proto-Indo-European:_athematic"
    ],
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      "*-yós",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-yós#Proto-Indo-European:_suffix"
    ],
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      "*-āsios",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-āsios#Proto-Italic:_adjective"
    ],
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      "-ārius",
      "-arius#Latin:_adjective"
    ],
    [
      "-ārius",
      "-arius#Latin:_agent_noun"
    ],
    [
      "*-ārijaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ārijaz#Proto-Germanic:_noun"
    ],
    [
      "*-ārī",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ārī#Proto-West_Germanic:_agent_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "-ere",
      "-ere#Old_English:_agent_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "-ere",
      "-ere#Middle_English:_agent_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "-ārius",
      "-arius#Latin:_agent_noun"
    ],
    [
      "-ier",
      "-ier#Old_French:_nouns"
    ],
    [
      "-er",
      "-er#Middle_English:_agentive"
    ],
    [
      "-er",
      "-er#English:_agent_noun"
    ],
    [
      "back",
      "back#English:_rear"
    ],
    [
      "-er",
      "-er#English:_agent_noun"
    ]
  ],
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    }
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          "sense": "one who backs",
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      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "sense": "one who backs",
      "word": "borg"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
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      "sense": "one who backs",
      "word": "поддръжник"
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      "lang_code": "fi",
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    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "one who backs",
      "word": "kaitautoko"
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      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "arka",
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      "word": "آرقه"
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      "sense": "one who backs",
      "word": "دستك"
    }
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}

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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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              85
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