roster English · revision 7773

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1727|origins=nl rooster}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɹɒs.tə/ ''(UK)''; /ˈɹɔ.stɚ/, /ˈɹoʊ.stɚ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|nl|rooster|t=table, list; originally gridiron]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from Middle Dutch roosten, to [[roast]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) probably from the grid of parallel lines drawn on paper to make a list.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In military use, a list showing the rotation of duty: 1727.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ NODE notes that it originally listed duties and leave for military personnel.^(NODE 1998) Police use is by 1858,^(Etymonline) and a list of names in general, without regard to rotation, by 1881.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The verb, to place on a roster, is from 1922.^(OED 1989) In marketing, the list of agencies a company regularly uses is a specialized sense.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1727 – a military duty list.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1858 – in police use.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1881 – any list of names.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1922 – the verb.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A list or register, especially one showing the order of people's [[duty|alt=duties]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A list of the names of members of a team or organization.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To place on a roster.^(Collins 2023)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[roast]]

+ * [[rota]]

+ * [[register]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}