rouster


roust·er

noun \ˈras-tər\

Definition of ROUSTER

Examples of ROUSTER

  1. <a hard-muscled man who certainly looked like he had worked all his life as a rouster>

First Known Use of ROUSTER

1883

Related to ROUSTER

Synonyms: docker [chiefly British], dockhand, longshoreman, roustabout, dockworker, stevedore

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