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packet man Fur Trade, Hist. 
n. one of the men making up a packet (def. 2).
See also: packet packet carrier packeteer packet Indian
- 1779 (1934) . . . no Packet having been received . . . began to get my things in readiness to proceed . . . being fearfull now of waiting any longer for the Packet men. . . .
- 1896 (1898) I reached the post the next day and learned that the returned packet men had heard that two buffaloes had been killed by the Smith Indians in the fall.
- 1938 I left York Factory with the packet-men on my way Outside for medical attention. . . .
- 1779 (1934) . . . no Packet having been received . . . began to get my things in readiness to proceed . . . being fearfull now of waiting any longer for the Packet men. . . .