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▪ I. roster, n.|ˈrɒstə(r), ˈrəʊstə(r)|
Also 9 rolster, rollster.
[ad. Du. rooster table, list, a transferred use of rooster gridiron (f. roosten to roast), in allusion to the parallel lines drawn on the paper.]
1. Mil. A list or plan exhibiting the order of rotation, or turns of duties and service, of officers, men, and bodies of troops.
Also, esp. U.S., a simple list or register of officers, divisions of a regiment, etc., with various particulars relating to them.
1727H. Bland Mil. Disc. xix. 207 As each Nation had a different Number of Battalions in Flanders, their Duty was regulated by a Roster. Ibid. 283 At the Opening of the Campaign, he [the Adjutant-General] is to settle with the Majors of Brigade the Rosters for the several Duties. 1799Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1834) I. 36 Major General Baird having desired to be relieved—Colonel Wellesley, being next on the roster, was ordered on the same night to command within the fort. 1824― Suppl. Desp. (1867) II. 332 The officers throughout the service..perform the duty by what is called in the army a Roster, which is not kept by the commanding officer, but in the orderly room. 1857Sir W. Napier Life Sir C. Napier I. 377 It was in strict accordance with the customs of the service, namely, to place some captains on to the field officers' rolster. 1884Ld. Roberts in 19th Cent. June 1066 He becomes a duty man, and is on the roster for guards, &c.
2. transf. A list or table exhibiting the names of a set of persons, esp. as taking turns of duty with each other. Also in extended uses.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Roster, a list showing the turn or rotation of service or duty, as in the case of police-magistrates..and others, who relieve or succeed each other. 1881Art Interchange (N.Y.) 27 Oct. 89 On the feminine side of the [opera] company's roster there is more cause for apprehension. 1892Nation 29 Dec. 493/1 The author's roster of the diplomatic body stationed at Berlin in 1837. 1930New Statesman 3 May p. iii/1 One particular point is worth noting as to the names in this amazing roster of public enemies. 1942E. Paul Narrow St. xxxix. 337 Practically the entire roster of the Cagoulards was in the new Vichy Government. 1955Railway Mag. May 365/2 This involves over 300 miles daily and is normally a 4-6-0 steam locomotive roster. 1967W. W. Newcomb Rock Art of Texas Indians iv. 38/1 The roster of game animals which could figure prominently in human subsistence is not large. 1971M. Tak Truck Talk 133 Roster. When the dispatch department has no immediate assignment for a driver, the driver's name is entered on the dispatch roster. 1978Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. (Detroit Suppl.) 25/3 There he burned up American Association and made Tigers' roster in Spring Training, 1977.
3. attrib. and Comb., as roster-board, roster game, roster sheet, roster system.
1963J. Lusby in B. James Austral. Short Stories 233 Thwaites..walked to the roster-board.
1977Weekly Times (Melbourne) 19 Jan. 71/2 Feature of the roster games in the Kentish Cricket Association was the 6–15, including the hat-trick, by Railton's David Castles against Kimberley.
1977R. Ludlum Chancellor MS. xvii. 184 He kept mementoes... Photographs, roster sheets.
1976B. Jackson Flameout vii. 122 The roster system played unfair tricks on investigators: you could..find yourself involved in two [air crash] investigations in three months.
▪ II. roster, v.|ˈrɒstə(r), ˈrəʊstə(r)|
[f. the n.]
trans. To place (someone or something) on a roster.
1922Glasgow Herald 26 Jan. 8 The men can be rostered up to nine hours, with overtime paid after eight hours. 1962Mod. Railways May 350/1 The day Birmingham–Glasgow trains in each direction are now rostered for Type 4 diesel haulage. 1967Times Rev. Industry July 65/2 Even opening on Saturday morning is a vexed question among bank staffs. The board's suggestion that staffs might be rostered..ignores the factors of personal convenience and prestige. 1970Railway Mag. Oct. 561/2 The stud of ‘Deltics’ is regularly being rostered right up to the limit of locomotives in traffic. 1973C. Mason Hostage ii. 34 Eighteen men..had been rostered on for the two shifts of the guard. 1975New Yorker 13 Oct. 152/3 One of McInally's replacements, Saxon, is rostered at five feet ten and a hundred and forty pounds. 1977Daily Tel. 18 Feb. 2/5, I also found examples where more staff were rostered to work on Sundays than on week-days.
Hence ˈrostered ppl. a., placed on a roster; assigned in accordance with a roster.
1973Daily Tel. 13 Dec. 2/8 They [sc. train drivers] are continuing to do rostered overtime as agreed locally, and are only banning voluntary additional overtime and rest-day working. 1977N.Z. Herald 8 Jan. 2–9/6 (Advt.), Fitter-turners will be required to work alternating shifts or a rostered day work scheme.
▪ III. roster
obs. form of roaster. |