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How to pronounce lister in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms lister plough, lister plow, middle buster, middlebreaker
Type of mouldboard plough, moldboard plow
Type Words
Synonyms baron lister, joseph lister
Type Words
Type of assessor, tax assessor
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Examples of lister

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Lister seized the castle and forced four captured knights to serve him at table.
From the edp24.co.uk
I went over a year with a single A-lister but in the last six months I have four.
From the guardian.co.uk
Lister suggests that freelancers not charge as though they were working full-time.
From the businessweek.com
She's an A-lister, a past Best Actress nominee, she swept the critics'awards, etc.
From the latimes.com
Rubio is the Republican senator from Florida and a vice presidential short-lister.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Wake up at 4 am to find the results are up and A namecheck followed by an A lister.
From the guardian.co.uk
You would never see Angelina Jolie doing that, or see an A-lister doing that.
From the sltrib.com
Spanish actress Penelope Cruz could be the next Hollywood A-lister to adopt a baby.
From the express.co.uk
Lister warns that, unless we rally to its defence, we will soon return to it.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
More examples
  • English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912)
  • Assessor who makes out the tax lists
  • Moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow
  • Lister was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Farsund in Vest-Agder county.
  • Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister OM, FRS , PC (5 April 1827 - 10 February 1912), known as Sir Joseph Lister, Bt, between 1883 and 1897, was a British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery, who promoted the idea of sterile surgery while working at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. ...
  • (Listers) Lister Scissors (Bandage scissors, blunt tip, angled arm)
  • Someone who may list developments and unit types for a particular organization.