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LISTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lister mean?
• LISTER (noun)
The noun LISTER has 3 senses:
1. English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912)
2. assessor who makes out the tax lists
3. moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow
Familiarity information: LISTER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Baron Lister; Joseph Lister; Lister
Instance hypernyms:
operating surgeon; sawbones; surgeon (a physician who specializes in surgery)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Assessor who makes out the tax lists
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("lister" is a kind of...):
assessor; tax assessor (an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it)
Derivation:
list (give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of)
list (include in a list)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
lister; lister plough; lister plow; middle buster; middlebreaker
Hypernyms ("lister" is a kind of...):
moldboard plow; mouldboard plough (plow that has a moldboard)
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