Lister
proper noun
- Joseph First Baron Lister, surgeon who demonstrated use of carbolic acid as an effective antiseptic agent
- occupational surname; litster, dyer
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪstɚ/
name
Etymology: English occupational surname from the archaic noun litster (“dyer”).
- A surname originating as an occupation for a textile dyer.
- A small community in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada, originally named Camp Lister.
noun
Etymology: Compare list (“a strip, border”), probably applied to the furrow or the ridge of earth along the furrow.
- A double-mouldboard plough that throws a deep furrow and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow.