roster

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch rooster (“gridiron, table, list”), from Middle Dutch roosten (“to roast”). More at roast.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒstə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑstɚ/
  • The US pronunciation is the same regardless of whether the speaker has the cot–caught merger, unlike e.g. foster.

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɒstə(ɹ)

Noun

roster (plural rosters)

1. A list of names, 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.
2. 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.

   The secretary has produced a new cleaning roster for the Church over the remainder of the year.

Verb

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

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

   I have rostered you for cleaning duties on the first Monday of each month.

Anagrams

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

Noun

roster m (plural rosters or roster)

1. (baseball) roster