packer

[ pak-er ]

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.

packer

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of packer¹

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

Example Sentences

Dave Willis, a horse packer who lives on monument land in Oregon, has been fighting for creation and preservation of the Cascade-Siskiyou monument for decades.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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

He was a department store Santa, a citrus packer and an office temp.

From New York Times

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