Lister

Alternative forms

• leister fish spear

Full definition of lister

Noun

1. A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.

list + -er

Noun

1. One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing.
• 1984, John C. Nash, Effective scientific problem solving with small computers (page 113)A good program lister is helpful here, since many language processors allow multi-statement lines. For BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL, and similar languages, the lister can split multi-statement lines, ensure there are blanks between keywords ...
2. A person or organisation that creates or maintains lists.

Related terms

• list
• listing

Anagrams

• liters
• litres
• relist
• tilers