Noun: splitter spli-tu(r)
- A labourer who splits logs to build split-rail fences
"Abraham Lincoln was known as a rail-splitter in his youth";
- rail-splitter
- A worker who splits fish and removes the backbone
"The fish splitter worked quickly to prepare the catch for market"
- A taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics
"The splitter argued for separating the species based on slight variations in coloration";
- divider
Derived forms: splitters
Type of: jack, laborer [US], labourer [Brit, Cdn], manual laborer [US], manual labourer [Brit, Cdn], systematist, taxonomer, taxonomist, worker
Encyclopedia: Splitter, Mark