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roll call

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roll call
n.
1. The reading aloud of a list of names of people, as in a classroom or military post, to determine who is present or absent.
2. The time fixed for such a reading.

roll call
n
1. (Military) the reading aloud of an official list of names, those present responding when their names are read out
2. (Military) the time or signal for such a reading
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.roll callroll call - calling out an official list of names
mail call - a call of names of those receiving mail
muster call - a call of the names of personnel at a military assembly
attendance check - a call of students' names in a classroom
utterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
Translations
roll call nappello
roll call nappello

roll call تَفَقُّد الحضور vyvolávání jmen navneopråb Namensaufruf προσκλητήριο lista nimenhuuto appel prozivanje appello 点呼 점호 appel opprop sprawdzanie obecności chamada перекличка upprop การขานชื่อ yoklama điểm danh 点名


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Despite their pale swollen faces and tattered uniforms, the hussars formed line for roll call, kept things in order, groomed their horses, polished their arms, brought in straw from the thatched roofs in place of fodder, and sat down to dine round the caldrons from which they rose up hungry, joking about their nasty food and their hunger.
Rochefort had returned to the Chevalier d'Humieres his fifty horsemen, less two, missing at roll call.
 
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