name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation for a textile dyer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
lister
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Pronunciation
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US: /ˈlɪstɚ/
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name
Meaning 2
A small community in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada, originally named Camp Lister.
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noun
Meaning 3
Alternative form of leister (“fish spear”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 4
One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: listmaker
Antonyms: listee
noun
Meaning 5
A person or organisation that creates or maintains lists.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: listmaker
Antonyms: listee
noun
Meaning 6
A birdwatcher who keeps track of birds using different checklists.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, birdwatching, natural-sciences, ornithology
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noun
Meaning 7
A double-mouldboard plough that throws a deep furrow and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow.
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noun
Meaning 8
moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lister plow, lister plough, middlebreaker, middle buster
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: moldboard plow, mouldboard plough
noun
Meaning 9
assessor who makes out the tax lists
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tax assessor, assessor
noun
Meaning 10
English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Joseph Lister, Baron Lister
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Broader terms: surgeon, operating surgeon, sawbones
History
Etymology
English occupational surname from the archaic noun litster (“dyer”).
Etymology tree English list Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English lister From list + -er.
Compare list (“a strip, border”), probably applied to the furrow or the ridge of earth along the furrow.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: листер (lister) — A double-mouldboard plough
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