packer
Americannoun
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packers
plural
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a person or thing that packs.
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a person who engages in packing as an occupation or business, especially a person who packs food for market.
a fruit packer.
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a penile prosthesis or other object of phallic shape placed in the crotch of one's clothing to create a bulge, often used by gender-diverse people as part of their gender expression.
My new packer is made of silicon.
noun
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a person or company whose business is to pack goods, esp food
a meat packer
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a person or machine that packs
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of packer
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, see origin at pack 1, -er 1
Example Sentences
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You might think I’m an expert packer with all of this globe-trotting, but I struggle like the rest of us, even with packing cubes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
A woman in her 50s, who asked not to be identified for fear of repercussions, told the BBC she was paid £4 an hour to work as a "packer" in various garment factories.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024
But here, Fishburne plays a truck packer for The New York Daily News, a Hurricane Katrina survivor and a homeless man who washes cars, among others.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
Costa, Australia's leading grower, packer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables, said it is considering the lower offer and is continuing to engage with PSP regarding the terms and conditions.
From Reuters ● Sep. 17, 2023
The packer ground along at two miles an hour, and brought us into the next village south of Kurkurast long after nightfall.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Under that scenario, Kunisch would expect price increases all along the food chain, starting with the prices paid for young cattle at livestock auctions to beef packers — the meat-processing companies that buy cattle.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
When herd sizes fall, cattle become more expensive for packers, often squeezing their margins even as retail beef prices rise.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
Like the men on the line, I pulled on white cotton gloves and, as the machine inched forward, began lifting watermelons from the ground, up onto the table above me where the packers waited.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025
C. Meat packers are using “their position as middlemen to overcharge grocery stores and, ultimately, families.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Jackson further parlayed the desire of the packers and other manufacturing business owners to win the hearts and minds of their black employees, setting up a host of company-sponsored social groups.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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