1.
[syn: stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper]
2. a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lumpen \Lump"en\, n.
1. (Politics) same as lumpenproletariat.
[PJC]
2. (Zool.) The European eelpout; -- called also lumper.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lumper \Lump"er\, n. [Cf. Lamper eel.] (Zool.)
The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lumper \Lump"er\, n.
1. One who lumps.
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2. A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when
in harbor.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lumper
n 1: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn:
stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker,
dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper,
lumper]
2: a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on
the basis of major characteristics [ant: divider,
splitter]