meatpacker

meatpacker

English

Etymology

    From meat + packer.

    Noun

    meatpacker (plural meatpackers)

    1. A person or company involved in the meatpacking industry, including slaughtering and meat processing
      Synonym: (informal) packer
      • 2022 January 15, Binyamin Appelbaum, “Building a Better Meatpacking Industry”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 15 January 2022:
        After breaking up the big meatpackers in the early 1920s, the federal government prevented the industry from consolidating for more than half a century, part of a broader commitment to checking corporate power throughout the economy. [] When a rival meatpacker filed an antitrust lawsuit to block the deal, the Reagan administration intervened on the side of Cargill.