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PACKER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hiker who wears a backpack

Synonyms:

backpacker; packer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("packer" is a kind of...):

hiker; tramp; tramper (a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure))

Derivation:

pack (hike with a backpack)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A wholesaler in the meat-packing business

Synonyms:

meat packer; packer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("packer" is a kind of...):

jobber; middleman; wholesaler (someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers)

Instance hyponyms:

Gustavus Franklin Swift; Swift (United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903))

Derivation:

pack (hike with a backpack)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A workman employed to pack things into containers

Synonyms:

bagger; boxer; packer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("packer" is a kind of...):

working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)

Derivation:

pack (arrange in a container)

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