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meatpackers

meatpackers is the plural of meatpacker.

Meaning of meatpacker

Noun

meatpacker (plural meatpackers)

  1. A person or company involved in the meatpacking industry, including slaughtering and meat processing
    • 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...2022 January 15, Binyamin Appelbaum, “Building a Better Meatpacking Industry”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2022
    Synonyms:
    packer

Questions about meatpackers

What is meatpackers the plural of?
Meatpackers is the plural of meatpacker.

Words near meatpackers in the dictionary

  1. meatotome
  2. meatotomes
  3. meatotomies
  4. meatotomy
  5. meatpacker
  6. meatpackers
  7. meatpacking
  8. meatpie
  9. meatpies
  10. meatpole
  11. meatpoles

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