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roster

[ ros-ter ]

noun

  1. a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.

    Synonyms: record, panel, slate, listing

  2. any list, roll, or register:

    a roster of famous scientists; a roster of coming events.

    Synonyms: record, panel, slate, listing



roster

1

/ ˈrɒstə /

noun

  1. a list or register, esp one showing the order of people enrolled for duty
  2. marketing the list of advertising agencies regularly used by a particular company


verb

  1. tr to place on a roster

roster

2

/ ˈrɒstə /

noun

  1. dialect.
    a rascal

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Word History and Origins

Origin of roster1

1720–30; < Dutch rooster list, roster, literally, gridiron, in reference to the ruled paper used, equivalent to roost ( en ) to roast + -er -er 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of roster1

C18: from Dutch rooster grating or list (the lined paper looking like a grid)

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Example Sentences

That goes for its contemporary membership roster as well as for the photographers represented in the exhibition.

In the states that have set up exchanges—a roster that includes most of the larger states—the subsidies would continue.

That explains the impressive roster of guest stars the series has racked up of politicians playing themselves.

An NFL season is about to start with the first openly gay player on a team roster.

An impressive roster of interested parties for a website that has only been around for a day.

Wà ka sa plantilya kay kaswal pa ka, You are not in the roster because you are a temporary employee.

The Orderly-Sergeant looked over his roster, and then walked down to Si's residence.

Printed on the letterheads, it gave added solidity and added substantiality to the bank's roster.

The system of using lecturers seems to help considerably to swell the Ku Klux roster.

Time was pressing, for rumours were in the air that the regiment was well up the roster for foreign service.

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