SPLITTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does splitter mean? 

• SPLITTER (noun)
  The noun SPLITTER has 3 senses:

1. a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone

2. a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics

3. a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences

  Familiarity information: SPLITTER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPLITTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A worker who splits fish and removes the backbone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)

Derivation:

split (separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

divider; splitter

Hypernyms ("splitter" 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:

lumper (a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

rail-splitter; splitter

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

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

Derivation:

split (separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument)