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Packer

Packer may refer to:

People

Alfred Packer, cannibal
Asa Packer, founder of Lehigh University
Billy Packer, American college basketball commentator
Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Douglas Ricardo Packer, footballer with Juventus F.C.
Earl L. Packer
Sir Frank Packer, father of Kerry Packer
George Packer, American journalist and novelist
Harry Packer, Wales international rugby player
Sir Herbert Annesley Packer, a British officer in the Royal Navy
James Packer, billionaire, son of Kerry Packer
J. I. Packer, theologian
Kerry Packer, Australian billionaire and media magnate
Richard Packer, British Transport Icon famous for catchphrase "Sock it to Him!"

Sports teams

Green Bay Packers, an American football team in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Anderson Packers, a former professional basketball team that played for Anderson, Indiana in 3 different leagues, from 1946 to 1951
Chicago Packers, the former name of the NBA team the Washington Wizards, when they played in Chicago, Illinois for the 1961-62 NBA season
Kansas City Packers, a Federal League baseball team from 1914 to 1915

Occupations

A pack train operator (eg outfitter)
A meat packer
A household goods packer for moving; see moving company

Other uses

Cultipacker, an agricultural roller.
A packer is a phallic object worn to simulate male genitals; see packing (phallus)
The Packer Collegiate Institute
Packers are wrappers put around pieces of software to compress and/or encrypt their contents.
a runtime packer is a component used to reduce executable sizes
The Packers, an American soul group
A packer is a sealing device used to isolate zones inside well casing

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Packer" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, French.


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