Lumper

4 definitions found

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

  Lumpen \Lump"en\, n.
     1. (Politics) same as {lumpenproletariat}.
        [PJC]
  
     2. (Zool.) The European eelpout; -- called also {lumper}.
        [1913 Webster]



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

  Lumper \Lump"er\, n. [Cf. {Lamper eel}.] (Zool.)
     The European eelpout; -- called also {lumpen}.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  Lumper \Lump"er\, n.
     1. One who lumps.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when
        in harbor.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lumper
       n 1: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn: {stevedore},
             {loader}, {longshoreman}, {docker}, {dockhand}, {dock
            worker}, {dock-walloper}]
       2: a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on
          the basis of major characteristics [ant: {splitter}]