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Lister

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • United States//ˈlɪstɚ//

A surname originating as an occupation for a textile dyer.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname originating as an occupation for a textile dyer.

  2. 2

    A small community in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada, originally named Camp Lister.

Etymology

English occupational surname from the archaic noun litster (“dyer”).

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