Meanings
lister1
lister2
plural listers
- 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 - A person or organisation that creates or maintains lists.
- biologyA birdwatcher who keeps track of birds using different checklists.
lister3
plural listers
- A double-mouldboard plough that throws a deep furrow and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow.
Lister4
alternative Lyster
- A small community in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada, originally named Camp Lister.
Synonyms & antonyms
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nounmoldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
lister · noun
- Old Englishlīste
- Old Frenchliste
- Medieval Latinlista
- Middle Englishlī̆st
- Englishlist
- Englishlister
lister · noun
Compare list (“a strip, border”), probably applied to the furrow or the ridge of earth along the furrow.
Full word history & related roots →Lister · proper noun
English occupational surname from the archaic noun litster (“dyer”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian листер
- листер (lister)A double-mouldboard plough
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Cite this entry
lister. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lister
“lister.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lister. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lister,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lister.
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