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Meanings of backpacker in English

A lady with a heavy backpack trots along in the dessert. She recalls some happy memories with her mother when she was a child.

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A hiker who wears a backpack.

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Examples for "packer"
Examples for "packer"
1
The packer raised himself in his bunk slowly, like one in pain.
The Desert and the Sown
2
Aldous could see the amazed packer staring at him in the gloom.
The Hunted Woman
3
She was the daughter of a humble packer of the Rue Neuve-Coquenard.
Serge Panine — Volume 01
4
When it was especially steep, I preferred an Indian and the packer.
The Gold Trail
5
I'm a stay-up-all-night-procrastinating type of packer and this always involves thought-provoking music.
The Guardian
Usage of backpacker in English
1
But the new backpacker deal does not include any cuts in expenditure.
News.com.au
2
The petition, organised by German backpacker Marie Bock, is now before Parliament.
Radio NZ
3
Tourkangarooisland.com is a great resource, offering tour operators from luxe to backpacker.
The Guardian
4
Increasingly, Antipodeans were eschewing the bar-working backpacker stereotype for well-paid professional employment.
The South African
5
But the feeling of euphoria was short-lived for the then 20-year-old backpacker.
News.com.au
6
The man accused of murdering backpacker Grace Millane has interim name suppression.
Radio NZ
7
After the marriage broke down in 1989, the Belanglo backpacker murders began.
News.com.au
8
As a result the backpacker travel market has exploded over the last decade.
The Irish Times
9
Caryna Camerino arrived in Ireland as a backpacker intending to stay two days.
The Irish Times
10
CM: I always say I carry a backpack but I'm not a backpacker.
Ebony
11
A second Irish backpacker has died following a car crash in western Australia.
The Irish Times
12
AUSTRALIA: Bradley Murdoch is charged with murdering English backpacker Peter Falconio.
The Irish Times
13
Iraq's Interior Ministry said it could be that of the kidnapped Japanese backpacker.
The Irish Times
14
The trial of the man accused of murdering British backpacker Grace Millane starts today.
Radio NZ
15
As a backpacker, I'm used to waking up every day in a bunk bed.
The Irish Times
16
The search for missing Irish backpacker Ronan Lawlor has been called off in Chile.
The Irish Times
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Backpacker through the time
Backpacker across language varieties
Australia
Common
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Less common