[f. LIST v.4 + -ER1.]
1. An enlister.
1678. Connect. Col. Rec. (1859), III. 11. Whither the former immunities were stated upon the Troop as a Troop or upon those whoe were the first listers.
a. 1701. Sedley, Grumbler, III. Wks. 1778, II. 234. Cat. Sir, they will list me too, the serjeant would have taken me, if I had not been too quick for him…. Gri. Why these are terrible listers!
2. One who makes out a list, spec. (U.S.) of taxable property; an assessor.
1716. Coll. Connect. Hist. Soc. (1897), VI. 321. Voted that the Listers and Ratemakers distribute the New Law book in this Town.
1858. W. T. Martin, Hist. Franklin County, in A. E. Lee, Hist. Columbus (Ohio) (1892), I. 156. John Blair lister of taxable property in Franklin Township.
