See Also: lumper(medicine)
lumper(1)(dictionary)
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lumper(1) (iou)



lumper noun. L18.
[from LUMP verb3 or noun1 + -ER1.]
A labourer employed in loading and unloading cargoes, a docker; a person employed in unloading fish. L18.
A small contractor, a person who contracts for lump work. slang. M19.
A person (esp. a taxonomist) who attaches importance to similarities rather than differences in classification or analysis and so favours inclusive categories. Cf. SPLITTER noun 1b. M19.