GREENBACKER


Meaning of GREENBACKER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌba-kər ]

noun

Date: 1876

1. capitalized : a member of a post-Civil War American political party opposing reduction in the amount of paper money in circulation

2. : one who advocates a paper currency backed only by the United States government

• green·back·ism -ˌki-zəm noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.