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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LUMPER

Lump "er, n. Etym: [Cf. Lamper eel. ] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen.

LUMPER

LUMPER Lump "er, n.

1. One who lumps.

2. A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.

New American Oxford Dictionary

lumper

lump er |ˈləmpər ˈləmpər | ▶noun 1 a laborer who unloads cargo. 2 a person (esp. a taxonomist ) who attaches more importance to similarities than to differences in classification. Contrasted with splitter.

Oxford Dictionary

lumper

lump ¦er |ˈlʌmpə | ▶noun 1 a docker, especially one who unloads cargoes from fishing boats. 2 a person (especially a taxonomist ) who attaches more importance to similarities than to differences in classification. Contrasted with splitter.

Duden Dictionary

Lumperei

Lum pe rei Substantiv, feminin , die |Lumper ei |zu Lump abwertend betrügerische, gewissenlose Tat; üble, gemeine Handlungsweise sie konnte ihm seine Lumpereien nicht verzeihen