Usually means: Expert behind-the-scenes technical contributor.
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  1. backroom boy: Merriam-Webster
  2. backroom-boy, backroom-boy, backroom boy: Collins English Dictionary
  3. backroom boy: Vocabulary.com
  4. backroom boy: Wiktionary
  5. backroom boy: Dictionary.com
  6. backroom boy: Rhymezone
  7. backroom boy: FreeDictionary.org
  8. backroom boy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. backroom boy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. Backroom boy: Phrase Finder
  11. backroom boy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  12. backroom boy: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (backroom boy)

▸ noun:  (chiefly British) Someone who has an anonymous support role in an organization, especially a technician or scientist; a boffin.

Similar:
brain truster, boffin, boffinry, boffinism, boff, supernerd, rent boy, boot boy, houseboy, swot, more...

Opposite:
frontman, public figure, spokesperson, face of company

Types:
political operative, lobbyist, spin doctor, bagman, hatchet man, stool pigeon, snitch, more...

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Similar:
brain truster, boffin, boffinry, boffinism, boff, supernerd, rent boy, boot boy, houseboy, swot, more...

Opposite:
frontman, public figure, spokesperson, face of company

Types:
political operative, lobbyist, spin doctor, bagman, hatchet man, stool pigeon, snitch, more...



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