lumper

Meanings

Plural: lumpers

Noun

• a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
• a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics
• An extra laborer hired to assist in the loading or unloading of a truck or a ship.
• A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to keep categories such as species or dialects together in larger groups.
• A militiaman.
• A lamprey.

Verb

• To lumber; to plod.

Synonyms

dock worker, dock-walloper, docker, dockhand, dockworker, loader, longshoreman, stevedore

Antonyms

splitter