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 

• LISTER (noun)

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)