Packer
Packer (noun) means a player on the Green Bay Packers, an American football team based in Wisconsin. Example: “The Packer intercepted the pass on the final drive.”
How to use Packer
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA member of the Green Bay Packers NFL team.
Lowercase "packer" more commonly just means someone or something that packs goods; this sports sense is usually capitalized as "Packer".
Word forms
- Plural
- Packers
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The _____ intercepted the pass on the final drive.
Etymology
Comes from Middle English pakker, pakkere, packare, equivalent to pack and -er.