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Definition of Greenbacker
1. n. One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments.
Definition of Greenbacker
1. Noun. (historical US) A member of the (w Greenback Party), who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Greenbacker
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenbacker
Literary usage of Greenbacker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Money Wars: The Example and Warning of American Finance by Samuel Leavitt (1894)
"AN ORIGINAL greenbacker.—Many beside Jefferson already began to see the true light.
On November 12, 1814, Mr. Hall, of Georgia, introduced into the House of ..."
2. Republican Campaign Text Book for by Republican Congressional Committee (1882)
"LWR Blair, a greenbacker and United States Supervisor at Camden, South Carolina —
A Cold-blooded Atrocity —A Brave Old man Seventy Yours Old Murdered by a ..."
3. The Life of Thaddeus Stevens: A Study in American Political History by James Albert Woodburn (1913)
"... CHAPTER XXI THE greenbacker ; FUNDING, DEBT PAYMENT AND CONTRACTION AT the
close of the Civil War in 1865 the people •* ^- of the United States were in ..."
4. Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin by Wisconsin, Thomas Jefferson Cunningham, Industrial Commission of Wisconsin, Thomas Jefferson, Wisconsin State Printing Board, Wisconsin Dept. of State (1885)
"S70 for John Nader, prohibitionist, and 6901 for TG Branson, greenbacker. He was
re-elected ia 18-fl, receiving 162116 votes against ..."
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