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listserver

/ˈlɪstˌsɚvɚ/

listserver noun: a server that distributes messages to members of an e-mail list.

Noun

listserver (plural listservers)

  1. A server that distributes messages to members of an e-mail list.
    • EndNote also has a well-established discussion group on a listserver maintained by the company.1998 July 3, Brian Shmaefsky, “Software: Order at the End”, in Science, volume 281, number 5373, →DOI

Forms of listserver

plurallistservers
alternative formlist server
alternative formlist-server

Origin of listserver

From list + server.

Questions about listserver

What does listserver mean?
Listserver means a server that distributes messages to members of an e-mail list.
What part of speech is listserver?
Listserver is a noun.
How do you pronounce listserver?
Listserver is pronounced /ˈlɪstˌsɚvɚ/.
What is the plural of listserver?
The plural of listserver is listservers.

Words near listserver in the dictionary

  1. listroscelidine
  2. listroscelidines
  3. lists
  4. listserv
  5. listserve
  6. listserver
  7. listservers
  8. listserves
  9. listservs
  10. listsful
  11. listsib

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Adapted from Wiktionary: listserver (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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