I. ˈrästə(r) sometimes ˈrȯs- or ˈrōs- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Dutch rooster list, gridiron, from Middle Dutch, gridiron, from roosten to roast + -er; from the parallel lines — more at roast
1. : a roll or list of officers or enlisted men ; especially : a list which gives the order in which units or individuals are due to perform a prescribed duty
guard roster
2. : an itemized listing of a group or collection
membership roster
the season's roster of new music by world-famous foreign masters — Virgil Thomson
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to list in a roster