lister

¹

[ lis-ter ]

noun

1. Also called lister plow. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
2. Also called lister planter,. a lister plow fitted with attachments for dropping and covering seeds.

lister

²

[ lis-ter ]

noun

1. a person who makes or compiles a list, especially an appraiser or assessor.

Lister

³

[ lis-ter ]

noun

1. Joseph, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Re·gis [lahym , ree, -jis], 1827–1912, English surgeon: founder of modern antiseptic surgery.

Lister

¹

/ ˈlɪstə /

noun

1. ListerJoseph, 1st Baron Lister18271912MBritishMEDICINE: surgeonMEDICINE: surgeon Joseph, 1st Baron Lister. 1827–1912, British surgeon, who introduced the use of antiseptics

lister

²

/ ˈlɪstə /

noun

1. agriculture a plough with a double mouldboard designed to throw soil to either side of a central furrow Also calledlister ploughmiddlebreakermiddle buster

Lister

/ lĭs′tər /

1. British surgeon who, influenced by Pasteur's germ theory of disease, established in 1865 a system of antiseptic measures in hospitals to combat infections. His practices dramatically decreased the number by deaths caused by infection and were gradually adopted in hospitals throughout Europe.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lister¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; list ² + -er ¹

Origin of lister²

First recorded in 1670–80; list ¹ + -er ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of lister¹

C19: from list ²

Example Sentences

ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?

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Or consider the actor Orlando Jones, who is not exactly known as a Hollywood A-lister (though he was great in Drumline).

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She has a hard time getting the self-absorbed, self-loathing D-lister to open up (in between booze binges).

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“All of this is damaging to the Syrian revolution,” Lister adds.

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Cast in the leading female role, Khan will star alongside Bollywood A-lister, Sachiin Joshi.

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Dr. Lister swung his foot rapidly; he anticipated with delight his journey to New York.

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In late August of the next year, Thomasina came slowly across the green from the Lister house toward the campus gate.

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There were traces of tears on Mrs. Lister's face, as was natural to one who was bidding farewell this evening to a happy era.

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It has effected such a change in surgery as to make the surgery before Lister's time seem almost barbarous.

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Lister began with the supposition that the air contains the germs which are most active and pernicious in producing disease.

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