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A roster is a list of names of people involved with an organization of some kind.
A roster can be a list of people and the times when they are required to work or a list of students in a classroom.
The term roster is often used to describe a list of people who participate in an event. Although rosters can be associated with non-competitive events, they are most commonly associated with athletics.
Examples could be a team roster or depth chart in which the person's place on the team would be decided. The names of the places on a roster can be such terms as Starter or Backup, or for American football, First String, Second String, or Third String.
A "railway roster" can also refer to a detailed list of the types and wheel arrangements of steam, diesel or electric locomotives based at a particular shed, or of model locomotives on a particular model railway.
A roster is also used in video games. It is usually the amount of characters in the game. Most games have small rosters but fighting games have very large ones.
[edit] See also
- Rota
- CANADEM Civilian Roster
- Developmental roster
- Fred H. Roster (born 1944), an American sculptor
- Schedule (workplace)
