packer

A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation

Noun

  1. A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
    • He works as a pork packer.
    • a household goods packer
    • When his back problems kept him from lifting furniture, his skill as a packer kept him employed.
    1. Clipping of meatpacker.

  2. A software program that compresses code or data.
    • Many times, the malware authors will use packers and even encryption tools to disguise their software […] - 2009, Harlan Carvey, Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit:
  3. A ring of packing or a special device to render gastight and watertight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well.
  4. An artificial penis or similar object worn by a drag king, trans man, etc., inside the trousers.
  5. An object inserted to hold a space open for the purpose of alignment; a spacer or shim.
  6. A kind of trunk for luggage.
  7. A packhorse.
  8. A dustpan.

Origin

From Middle English pakker, pakkere, packare, equivalent to pack + -er.

Forms

packers

Derived

copacker cultipacker fudge packer meatpacker pamper packer pick packer shit packer star packer woolpacker