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Noun: lister  lis-tu(r)
  1. Assessor who makes out the tax lists
     
  2. Moldboard plough with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow
    - lister plow, lister plough, middlebreaker, middle buster
Noun: Lister  lis-tu(r)
  1. English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912)
    - Joseph Lister, Baron Lister

Derived forms: listers, Listers

Type of: assessor, moldboard plow [N. Amer], mouldboard plough [Brit, Cdn], operating surgeon, sawbones [informal], surgeon, tax assessor

Encyclopedia: Lister, Martin