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packer

/ˈpækə/PA-kur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈpækɚ/PA-kur

Meaningone who packs

Common meaning: a person who packs goods

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pak-‘bind, fasten, fix, hold fast’source
  2. Gaelicpac‘a pack, a mob’source
  3. Middle Englishpakkesource
  4. Englishpack‘a bundle of things tied together’
  5. Englishformed in English from packpacker‘a person who packs goods’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from pack + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PACK, p.413 · scan

Source words

  • pac Gaelic · source word “a bundle, a load”

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