ROSTER

roll, roster

(noun) a list of names; “his name was struck off the rolls”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

roster (plural rosters)

A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class.

A list of the jobs to be done by members of an organization and often with the date/time that they are expected to do them.

Verb

roster (third-person singular simple present rosters, present participle rostering, simple past and past participle rostered)

To place the name of (a person) on a roster.

Anagrams

• Storer, Torres, resort, retros, sorter, storer

Source: Wiktionary


Ros"ter, n. Etym: [Perhaps a corruption of register; or cf. roll.] (Mil.)

Definition: A register or roll showing the order in which officers, enlisted men, companies, or regiments are called on to serve.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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