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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word packer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. packer, bagger, boxernoun

    a workman employed to pack things into containers

  2. meat packer, packernoun

    a wholesaler in the meat-packing business

  3. backpacker, packernoun

    a hiker who wears a backpack

Wiktionary

  1. packernoun

    A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation; as, a pork packer or a household goods packer.

    When his back problems kept him from lifting furniture, his skill as a packer kept him employed.

  2. packernoun

    A software program that compresses code or data.

  3. Packernoun

    A person who plays football for the Green Bay Packers professional football team

    When his back problems kept him from lifting furniture, his skill as a packer kept him employed.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Packernoun

    One who binds up bales for carriage.

    Etymology: from pack.

ChatGPT

  1. packer

    A packer has several definitions depending on its usage: 1. A person or machine that packs items or products, usually into boxes or containers, for storage or distribution. 2. In computing, a packer is a software utility that compresses executable files yet still allow them to be run normally. 3. In the oil and gas industry, a packer is a device that is used to create a seal between the inside of the well and the outside of the casing or production tubing. 4. In ranching, a packer is a person who loads supplies onto pack animals for transport. 5. In hunting, a packer is a person who carries out game for a hunter.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Packernoun

    a person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation; as, a pork packer

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. packer

    A man whose duty it is to place and adjust the loads of pack-animals and to take charge of them upon the march. As packing requires long training and experience, packers are usually hired when needed.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PACKER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Packer is ranked #3933 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Packer surname appeared 9,048 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Packer.

    81.8% or 7,402 total occurrences were White.
    13.1% or 1,192 total occurrences were Black.
    2.1% or 197 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.7% or 155 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.5% or 52 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.5% or 50 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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  1. repack

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of packer in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of packer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of packer in a Sentence

  1. Al McGuire:

    Al McGuire to Billy Packer . I saw the first sign of spring in Milwaukee the other day . Packer : What's that ? Al : The curb.

  2. Cathleen Palm:

    If its not different today, then there is another Grace Packer out there that we just havent met, and thats my worry.

  3. The Hall:

    Packer’s love for the game blossomed at Wake Forest University where he led the Deacons to two Atlantic Coast Conference titles and into the Final Four of the 1962 NCAA tournament. He scored a career 1,316 points.

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