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

Harstine, 70, a semiretired orchard packer, said he has noticed Hispanic men bicycling through the area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

John saved money for his first solo Edinburgh show from a series of jobs, including as a teaching assistant and a bag packer in a coffee factory.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 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

The U.S. meat packer, which had bumped up meat prices last year, reported a 3% drop in quarterly net sales to $13.14 billion, below analysts’ expectations of $13.59 billion in Refinitiv data.

From Reuters • Aug. 7, 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