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LUMPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lumper mean? 

LUMPER (noun)
  The noun LUMPER has 2 senses:

1. a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a portplay

2. a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristicsplay

  Familiarity information: LUMPER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LUMPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dock-walloper; dock worker; docker; dockhand; dockworker; loader; longshoreman; lumper; stevedore

Hypernyms ("lumper" is a kind of...):

jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lumper" is a kind of...):

systematist; taxonomer; taxonomist (a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior)

Antonym:

splitter (a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics)

Derivation:

lump (group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side)


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