Noun: lumper lúm-pu(r)
- A labourer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
"The lumper efficiently moved cargo from the ship to the dock";
- stevedore, loader, docker [Brit], dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, longshoreman [N. Amer], wharfie [Austral, NZ, informal]
- A taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics
"The lumper argued for combining several species into one genus based on shared traits"
Derived forms: lumpers
Type of: jack, laborer [US], labourer [Brit, Cdn], manual laborer [US], manual labourer [Brit, Cdn], systematist, taxonomer, taxonomist
Antonym: divider
Encyclopedia: Lumper, Gottfried