lumper

[ luhm-per ]

noun
  1. a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.

  2. Biology Informal. a taxonomist who believes that classifications should emphasize similarities among organisms and therefore favors large, inclusive taxa (opposed to splitter).

Origin of lumper

1
1775–85; lump1 (in v. sense) + -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for lumper

lumper

/ (ˈlʌmpə) /


noun
  1. US a stevedore; docker

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