Meanings
packer1
plural packers
- A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
a household goods packer
2 more examples
He works as a pork packer.
When his back problems kept him from lifting furniture, his skill as a packer kept him employed.
- abbreviationclippingClipping of meatpacker.
- USA ring of packing or a special device to render gastight and watertight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well.
- An artificial penis or similar object worn by a drag king, trans man, etc., inside the trousers.
- AustraliaA packhorse.
- NigeriaA dustpan.
Packer2
plural Packers
- A person who plays football for the Green Bay Packers professional football team.
Either Bart Starr or Brett Favre was the greatest Packer of all time.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishpakker
- Englishpacker
From Middle English pakker, pakkere, packare, equivalent to pack + -er.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan envasador, empaquetador
- envasadorperson packing things
- empaquetadorperson packing things
Chinese Mandarin 包裝者 /包装者
- 包裝者 /包装者 (bāozhuāngzhě)person packing things
Dutch verpakker, pakker
- verpakkerperson packing things
- pakkerperson packing things
French emballeur, emballeuse
- emballeurperson packing things
- emballeuseperson packing things
German Verpacker, Verpackerin
- Verpackerperson packing things
- Verpackerinperson packing things
- Packerperson packing things
- Packerinperson packing things
Hebrew אוֹרֵז, אוֹרֶזֶת
- אוֹרֵז (orez)person packing things
- אוֹרֶזֶת (orézet)person packing things
Italian imballatore, impaccatore
- imballatoreperson packing things
- impaccatoreperson packing things
Polish pakowacz, pakowaczka
- pakowaczperson packing things
- pakowaczkaperson packing things
Portuguese packer
- packerartificial penis
Russian упако́вщик, упако́вщица
- упако́вщик (upakóvščik)person packing things
- упако́вщица (upakóvščica)person packing things
Spanish embalador, envasador
- embaladorperson packing things
- envasadorperson packing things
- empaquetadorperson packing things
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with packer
Anagrams
Cite this entry
packer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/packer
“packer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/packer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “packer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/packer.
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