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📋 Tax assessor 📝 A list maker 🚜 A farm plow
lister

lister

7 9.9
An official who records tax and property information for a town
  • noun
  • /ˈlɪstər/
  • Archaic
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Synonyms

assessor
vslister
  • Formal
9 6.0

A local official who checks how much a house or land is worth for taxes

focuses more on preparing official local tax lists for the district
tax assessor
vslister
  • Formal
3 6.0

An official who decides how much a house or land is worth for taxes

also compiles local tax lists and manages district assessments

Compounds

lister plow
  • Specialized
9.5

A plow that makes a central furrow and moves soil to both sides for planting

lister cultivator
  • Archaic
9.9

A farm tool with blades that push soil into ridges around crop rows

Surface Forms

lister singular
listers plural

Morphology

lister = list (transparent) = list + er

This is a standard agent-noun formation from list + -er, and the administrative meaning follows directly from the act of making lists.

Etymology

Lister for a tax official comes from list meaning 'a list of names or properties' and the ending -er meaning 'someone who does something'. So a lister is the person who makes the official lists used for tax and property checks.