How to pronounce“silverback”in English
IPA/sɪlvɛrbæk/
Syllablessil·ver·back
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Definitions of “silverback”
noun
A mature male gorilla leading a troop, so named from the silver streaking on its back.
“To be clear, there’s no reason to hate the actual Harambe. After the silverback gorilla was shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016, people used “RIP Harambe” to… comment on the irony of why we mourn animals but are quick to blame humans?”
noun
A dominant or powerful older human male.
“Courageously (given Ranger's status in Mugabe's Zimbabwe, and his status as a silverback in North Atlantic Academe), Kriger dissents from their arguments.”