Usually means: Supportive ally behind the scenes.
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  1. backfriend: Merriam-Webster
  2. backfriend: Wordnik
  3. backfriend: Wiktionary
  4. Backfriend: Dictionary.com
  5. Backfriend: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. backfriend: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Backfriend: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. backfriend: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. backfriend: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Backfriend: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. backfriend: Merriam-Webster

Definitions from Wiktionary (backfriend)

noun:  (archaic) A friend who supports someone; a person who has someone's back; a backer, a supporter.
noun:  Synonym of hangnail (“a loose, narrow strip of nail tissue protruding from the side edge and anchored near the base of a fingernail or toenail”)
noun:  (obsolete) A person who pretends to be someone's friend; a false friend, a secret enemy.

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