lister | ||
1. | [ noun ] (medicine,work,surgery) English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912) | |
Synonyms: | baron_lister Joseph_Lister | |
Related terms: | surgeon | |
2. | [ noun ] (work,government) assessor who makes out the tax lists | |
Related terms: | tax_assessor list | |
3. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4007 | |
4. | [ noun ] (agriculture) moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow | |
Synonyms: | lister_plough middlebreaker middle_buster lister_plow | |
Related terms: | moldboard_plow | |
Similar spelling: |
Listera listeria lighter leister luster Lester Laster |