Splitter

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Splitter \Split"ter\ (-t[~e]r), n.
     One who, or that which, splits.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  splitter
       n 1: a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone
       2: a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on
          the basis of relatively minor characteristics [syn: {divider}]
          [ant: {lumper}]
       3: a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences [syn: {rail-splitter}]