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Roistered vs Rostered - What's the difference?

roistered | rostered |

As verbs the difference between roistered and rostered

is that roistered is past tense of roister while rostered is past tense of roster.

roistered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (roister)

    • roister

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behavior.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
    • Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister ? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.'
  • To walk with a swaying motion.

    • Synonyms

    * carouse, revel, riot * (walk with a swaying motion) swagger

    Derived terms

    * roisterer * roisterous * roisterously

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A roisterer.
  • * 1839 , The New Monthly Magazine (page 411)
    • The youth who had joined the roisters , was apparently about eighteen

    Anagrams

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    rostered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (roster)

    • Anagrams

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    roster

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • 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.

    See also

    * rota

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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

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