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lister1 definition

lister (lis′tər)

noun

☆ a plow with a double moldboard, which heaps the earth on both sides of the furrow: it is sometimes combined with a drill that plants seed at the same time

Etymology: list, + -er

lister2 definition

lister (lis′tər)

noun

a person who compiles a list or lists
Lister definition

Lis·ter (lis′tər)

Lister, Joseph 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis 1827-1912; Eng. surgeon: introduced antiseptic surgery

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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