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lumpen |
lumpen proletariat |
lumpenproletariat |
lumpenus |
lumpenus lumpretaeformis |
lumper
| lumpfish
| lumping
| lumpish
| lumpsucker
| lumpy
lumper
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lumper has 2 senses
- lumper(n = noun.person) dock worker, dock-walloper, docker, dockhand, dockworker, loader, longshoreman, stevedore - a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port; Array is a kind of jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer
- lumper(n = noun.person) Array - a taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics; Array is a kind of systematist, taxonomer, taxonomist
Derived form verb lump2
Antonym: splitter
CIDE DICTIONARY
lumper, n. [Cf. Lamper eel.].
The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen . [1913 Webster]
lumper, n.
- One who lumps. [1913 Webster]
- A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
lumper
Agent
N doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator, executor, executrix, practitioner, worker, stager, bee, ant, working bee, termite, white ant, laboring oar, servant of all work, factotum, workman, artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operative, working man, laboring man, demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy, hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack, mere tool, beast of burden, drudge, fag, lumper, roustabout, maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan, carpenter, ganger, platelayer, blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright, machinist, mechanician, engineer, sempstress, semstress, seamstress, needlewoman, workwoman, tailor, cordwainer, minister, servant, representative, coworker, party to, participator in, particeps criminis, dramatis personae, personnel, quorum pars magna fui, faber est quisque fortunae suae.
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