packer
Americannoun
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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
Etymology
Origin of packer
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, see origin at pack 1, -er 1
Example Sentences
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The industrial tribunal was told the packer "wears dentures and does not eat nuts".
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Harstine, 70, a semiretired orchard packer, said he has noticed Hispanic men bicycling through the area.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
Shivani Vora is a New York City-based travel writer who considers herself a very savvy packer.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024
The U.S. meat packer expects sales to be flat in fiscal 2024 as compared with the total sales of $52.88 billion it posted in fiscal 2023.
From Reuters • Nov. 13, 2023
Zinaida had worked in a textile factory for five years before joining the 122nd Air Group, and she was assigned to become a parachute packer for the 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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