different between backer vs votary

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk?(?)/
• Rhymes: -æk?(r)

Etymology 1

back +? -er

Noun

backer (plural backers)

1. One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.

Translations

Etymology 2

Adjective

backer

1. (phonetics) comparative form of back: more back
   • 2005, Martin J. Ball and Nicole Müller, Phonetics for Communication Disorders, p. 174:

     /e?/ This diphthong is a glide from mid front tongue position toward a higher, backer position similar to that of /?/.

Anagrams

• reback

English

Etymology

From Latin votus, past participle of vovere (“to vow, to devote”).

Adjective

votary (comparative more votary, superlative most votary)

1. Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Custom and Education

     Votary resolution is made equipollent to custom.

Translations

Noun

votary (plural votaries)

1. (religion) A person, such as a monk or nun, who lives a religious life according to vows they have made
2. (religion) A devotee of a particular religion or cult
3. (religion) A devout or zealous worshipper
4. Someone who is devoted to a particular pursuit etc; an enthusiast.
   • 1893, Henry James, Collaboration [1]

     He is such a votary of the modern that he was inevitably interested in the girl of the future and had matched one reform with another, being ready to marry without a penny, as the clearest way of expressing his appreciation, this favourable specimen of the type.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13

     Gerty was dressed simply but with the instinctive taste of a votary of Dame Fashion for she felt that there was just a might that he might be out.

Translations

Anagrams

• travoy