packer

American  

[pak-er] / ˈpæk ər /

noun

1. a person or thing that packs.

2. a person who engages in packing as an occupation or business, especially a person who packs food for market.

   a fruit packer.

3. 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.

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packer British  

/ ˈpækə /

noun

1. a person or company whose business is to pack goods, esp food

   a meat packer

2. a person or machine that packs

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Etymology

Origin of packer

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, pack ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

When herd sizes fall, cattle become more expensive for packers, often squeezing their margins even as retail beef prices rise.

From Barron's

Delivery riders walk up to the counter, almost in tune with the packers.

From BBC

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

The build‑out didn’t just hire coders; it hired coordinators, pickers, packers and drivers.

From The Wall Street Journal

C. Meat packers are using “their position as middlemen to overcharge grocery stores and, ultimately, families.”

From The Wall Street Journal