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lister

US/ˈlɪstɚ/

noun

What it means

  1. One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing.

    A good program lister is helpful here, since many language processors allow multi-statement lines. For BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL, and similar languages, the lister can split multi-statement lines, ensure there are blanks between keywords […]

    1984, John C. Nash, Effective scientific problem solving with small computers, page 113

    Synonyms: listmaker · Antonyms: listee

  2. A person or organisation that creates or maintains lists.

    Synonyms: listmaker · Antonyms: listee

  3. biologyA birdwatcher who keeps track of birds using different checklists.

In a sentence

A good program lister is helpful here, since many language processors allow multi-statement lines. For BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL, and similar languages, the lister can split multi-statement lines, ensure there are blanks between keywords […]

1984, John C. Nash, Effective scientific problem solving with small computers, page 113

Where it comes from

  1. Old Englishlīste
  2. Old Frenchliste
  3. Medieval Latinlista
  4. Middle Englishlī̆st
  5. Englishlist
  6. Englishlister

From list + -er.

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