lumper

• Nom désignant soit un ouvrier qui charge et décharge les navires dans un port, soit un taxinomiste qui regroupe les organismes en grandes catégories selon des caractéristiques générales.

A noun with two distinct meanings: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port, or a taxonomist who classifies organisms into broad groups based on major characteristics.

1. Dock workerB2formal

   A person employed to load and unload cargo from ships at a port.

   Docker

   • The lumper worked through the night to unload the container ship.
   • Several lumpers were hired to handle the heavy machinery.
   • The port authority requires all lumpers to wear safety gear.

   Synonymesdockerdockhanddockworkerloaderlongshoremanstevedore

2. Taxonomist (broad classification)C1formalscientific

   A scientist who groups organisms into broad categories based on shared major characteristics, rather than splitting them into many small groups.

   Taxinomiste regroupant

   • As a lumper, she argued that many species of finches should be classified under a single genus.
   • The debate between lumpers and splitters continues in modern taxonomy.
   • A lumper tends to see similarities rather than differences between organisms.

   Antonymessplitter