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Definition of Lumper
1. Noun. A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.
Generic synonyms: Jack, Laborer, Labourer, Manual Laborer
Derivative terms: Dock, Dock, Load, Load
2. Noun. A taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics.
Definition of Lumper
1. n. The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen.
2. n. One who lumps.
Definition of Lumper
1. Noun. The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen. ¹
2. Noun. Extra labor hired by a trucking company to assist a driver and/or customer unloading or loading a truck. ¹
3. Noun. (context: biology linguistics) A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to keep categories such as species or dialects together in larger groups. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lumper
1. a laborer employed to load and unload ships [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lumper
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lumper
Literary usage of Lumper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Analytical Digest of All the Reported Cases Determined in the House of by Samuel Bealey Harrison, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain Court of Bankruptcy (1835)
"Where a party of coal-whippers, having a feeling of ill-will towards a coal-lumper,
who paid leas than the usual wages, created a mob, and riotously went to ..."
2. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1873)
"Thereto ascends Mr. Sponge, and without the formality of a knock swings open a
partially-closed ' oak,' and admits himself to the presence of Mr. lumper, ..."
3. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1861)
"Bond of nny Master Porter, Master Stevedore, or Master lumper .shall always be
deemed to be and remain wholly <1ш-, notwithstanding any prior Recovery in ..."
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