lister

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912)
noun assessor who makes out the tax lists
noun moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow

From list + -er.

Mr. Lister died in his 41st year in 1842. — The Journal of Sir Walter Scott: From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford, Walter Scott
What we owe to Lister, Koch, and those fellows! — The Dop Doctor, Richard Dehan
--United Service Gazette. LADY LISTER KAYE'S BRITISH HOMES AND FOREIGN WANDERINGS. — A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden: 2nd edition, William A. Ross

Joseph Lister, Baron Lister

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