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Noun: classifier  'kla-si`fI-u(r)
  1. A person who creates classifications
     
  2. A word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs

Derived forms: classifiers

See also: classify

Type of: morpheme, thinker, word

Encyclopedia: Classifier