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packman

packman noun: someone who travels with a pack, especially a travelling salesman.

Noun

packman (plural packmen)

  1. (archaic) Someone who travels with a pack, especially a travelling salesman.
    • Wildeve was standing with his back to the fireplace smoking a cigar; and the promoter of the raffle, a packman from a distant town, was expatiating upon the value of the fabric as material for a summer dress.1912, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native
    • L Beneath love's heavy weight my falt'ring soul Plods, like the packman, o'er life's dusty road.1900, Various, Japanese Literature
    Synonyms:
    peddler, pedlar

packman meaning in Kannada

packman in Kannada

ಸಂಚಾರಿ ಮಾರಾಟಗಾರ, ತಿರುಗು ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿ, ಭಾರ ಹೊರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

Synonyms of packman

Forms of packman

pluralpackmen

Origin of packman

From pack + -man.

Questions about packman

What does packman mean?
Packman means someone who travels with a pack, especially a travelling salesman.
What is packman in Kannada?
Packman in Kannada is ಸಂಚಾರಿ ಮಾರಾಟಗಾರ, ತಿರುಗು ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿ, ಭಾರ ಹೊರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ. See Packman meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is packman?
Packman is a noun.
What is the plural of packman?
The plural of packman is packmen.

Words near packman in the dictionary

  1. packless
  2. packlike
  3. packmaker
  4. packmakers
  5. packmaking
  6. packman
  7. packmaster
  8. packmasters
  9. packmate
  10. packmates
  11. packmen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: packman (page history and authors); packman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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