rosser

See also: Rosser and Rösser

English

Noun

rosser (plural rossers)

  1. (UK, slang) Alternative form of rozzer (police officer)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔsər

Adjective

rosser

  1. comparative degree of ros

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French roissier, probably from Vulgar Latin *rustiare, from *rustia, from Late Latin rustum, or less likely from Vulgar Latin *ruptiāre, from Latin ruptus, from rumpō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɔ.se/
  • (file)

Verb

rosser

  1. to beat
  2. (slang) to hammer, to thrash, to defeat

Conjugation

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

From Old French roissier, from Vulgar Latin *rustiare, from *rustia, from Late Latin rustum.

Verb

rosser

  1. (Jersey) to thrash
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