Dictionary Definition
Lister
Noun
1 English surgeon who was the first to use
antiseptics (1827-1912) [syn: Joseph
Lister, Baron
Lister]
2 assessor who makes out the tax lists
3 moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed
to move dirt to either side of a central furrow [syn: lister plow,
lister
plough, middlebreaker, middle
buster]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
Extensive Definition
Lister is a surname, and may refer to
- Alton Lister, retired American professional basketball player
- Anne Lister, (1791–1840), Yorkshire landowner
- Anthony Lister, an Australian born painter and installation artist
- Aynsley Lister, English blues guitarist
- Charles J. Lister, (1820-1912), a central figure in the Restoration Movement in 19th century Canada
- Dave Lister, fictional television character in the BBC television sitcom Red Dwarf
- David Cunliffe-Lister, 2nd Earl of Swinton
- David Lister (Origami Historian)
- Dean Lister, an American mixed martial arts fighter and a former KOTC champion
- General Enrique Líster, Spanish Communist politician and military officer who took part in the Spanish Civil War and the World War II
- Frank Lister, footballer, retired 1980
- Hugh Lister, (1901-1944), an Anglican priest, trade union organizer, and combatant officer in World War II
- Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, British surgeon and eponym of Listerine
- Joseph Jackson Lister, amateur British opticist and physicist; father of Joseph Lister
- Joseph Lister (VC), received VC for actions at the Third Battle of Ypres
- W. Lister Lister, (1859-1943), Australian artist
- Martin Lister, (c. 1638 - 1712), English naturalist and physician
- Moira Lister, British actress and writer
- Nicholas Cunliffe-Lister, 3rd Earl of Swinton
- Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton
- Samuel Lister, 1st Baron Masham
- Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton
- Thomas Henry Lister, (1800‑1842) English novelist and Registrar General
- Tom Lister, Jr., American actor
See also
- Lister Centre, a large student residence, at University of Alberta in Canada
- Lister Hundred, part of Blekinge in Sweden
- Lister Mills, is a large former silk factory and landmark in the Manningham district of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
- Lister Hospital, in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
- Lister Park, an award-winning public park in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
- Baron Lister, a British noble title that existed from 1897 to 1912
- Lister Cars, a British sports car manufacturer
- R A Lister and Company, a maker of petrol and diesel engines, merged with Petters Limited to become Lister-Petter
- Lister, band from Iceland
- Lister, British Columbia
- lister, a type of plow/plough.
lister in German: Lister
lister in Spanish: Lister
lister in Italian: Lister