packager
(ˈpækɪdʒə(r))
[f. package v. + -er1.]
One who packages, in the various senses of the verb.
| 1959 Wall St. Jrnl. (Eastern ed.) 14 Jan. 1/1 They're rough-and-tough ‘action-adventure’ shows, and all have been produced by independent packagers—TV program producers who assemble the ingredients of story, director and cast, and then put them together to make a show. 1969 Listener 17 Apr. 538/1 ‘These two are the outstanding producers and packagers of guilt in our time,’ whines Alexander Portnoy of his parents. 1976 New Yorker 19 Apr. 31/2 Morty Mann, the packager of ‘Back-Chat’, who claims to have lost ‘a small fortune’ in the enterprise, says that the program failed because the Prince just couldn't ‘relate’. 1977 W. Marshall Thin Air ii. 22 We'll go and see your food packager. |