Usually means: Character's history before story begins.
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  2. backstory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backstory: The Word Spy
  4. backstory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Backstory, backstory: Wordnik
  6. backstory: Wiktionary
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  8. Backstory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. backstory: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. backstory: Merriam-Webster

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noun:  The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in film, television) a character in a dramatic work.
noun:  (chiefly espionage, law enforcement) A fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives.
noun:  (film, television) A prequel.

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