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ros·ter
(rŏs′tər, rô′stər)n.
A list, especially of the names of players on a sports team or of the personnel in a military unit.
[Dutch rooster, gridiron, roster (from the ruled paper used for a roster), from roosten, to roast; akin to German rösten and English roast.]
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roster
(ˈrɒstə)n
1. a list or register, esp one showing the order of people enrolled for duty
2. (Marketing) marketing the list of advertising agencies regularly used by a particular company
vb
(tr) to place on a roster
[C18: from Dutch rooster grating or list (the lined paper looking like a grid)]
roster
(ˈrɒstə)n
dialect Northern English a rascal
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ros•ter
(ˈrɒs tər)n.
1. a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
2. any list, roll, or register.
[1720–30; < Dutch rooster list, roster, literally, gridiron, in reference to the ruled paper used =roost(en) to roast + -er -er1]
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Roster
a roll or list.Examples: roster of diplomats, 1892; of duties; of honours.
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roster
Past participle: rostered
Gerund: rostering
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Noun | 1. | roster - a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls" batting order, lineup, card - (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat; "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate" death-roll - a list of persons killed in a war or other disaster muster roll - a list of names of officers and men in a military unit or ship's company church roll - a list of the members of church rota - a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties waiting list - a roster of those waiting to obtain something |
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roster
noun rota, listing, list, table, roll, schedule, register, agenda, catalogue, inventory, scroll He put himself on the roster for domestic chores.
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roster
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Translations
سِجِل، جَدْوَل الخِدْمَه
rozpis
turnusliste
beosztásmunkarend
nafnaskrá, verkefnalisti
grafikssaraksts
görev listesinöbet cetveli
roster
[ˈrɒstəʳ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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roster
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roster
(ˈrostə) noun a list showing the work, duties etc that people are to do. a duty roster.
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