ros·ter (r s t r, rôstr)n. 1. A list, especially of names. 2. A list of the names of military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit. [Dutch rooster, gridiron, roster (from the ruled paper used for a roster), from roosten, to roast.] Word History: If we associate the roster of a football team with the word gridiron, it is not because the team's roster has the appearance of a football field. But etymologically at least a roster is a gridiron. Our word roster goes back to Dutch rooster, meaning "gridiron" (from the verb roosten, "to roast"), which was extended in sense to mean "a table, list." This extension was made because of the resemblance of a gridiron to a piece of paper divided by parallel lines that contains a list or table. (The application of gridiron to a football field is also based on similarity in appearance.) The earliest use in English (first recorded in 1727) for the word roster borrowed from Dutch was military, referring to a list or plan that outlined when officers, men, and bodies of troops should perform their turn of duty. Roster is no longer exclusively military in usage and can now be applied to members of a team scheduled to perform on the gridiron, baseball field, or other playing area. |
roster
Noun
a list showing the order in which people are to perform a duty
Verb
to place on a roster [Dutch rooster grating or list]
Roster a roll or list.
Examples: roster of diplomats, 1892; of duties; of honours.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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 |
roster
Translations
n roster [ˈrostə]
a list showing the work, duties etc that people are to do a duty roster. rooster سِجِل، جَدْوَل الخِدْمَه разписание rozpis turnusliste der (Dienst-)Plan κατάλογος υπηρεσίας lista töögraafik فهرست؛ صورت کار lista liste, tableau לוּח תוֹרָנוּת कार्यक्रमावली, नामावली, सूची, तालिका popis, lista munkarend, beosztás daftar tugas nafnaskrá, verkefnalisti elenco, lista 勤務表 근무 당번표; 명부, 등록부 sąrašas, tvarkaraštis (dežūru u.tml.) saraksts; grafiks jadual kerja rooster vakt-/ordensliste lista (dyżurów, obowiązków) rol listă (de serviciu); tablou список rozpis seznam spisak tjänstgöringslista บัญชีรายชื่อ görev listesi, nöbet cetveli 勤務冊 розклад нарядів; список обов'язків نظام اوقات bảng phân công 勤务册
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