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rosser

rosser is the alternative form of rozzer.

Meaning of rozzer

Noun

rozzer (plural rozzers)

  1. (Ireland, UK, dated, slang) A police officer.
    • "Another wrong un," says the carman. "Hi, Mr. Graham!"—and up walks a rozzer and buckles me tight.1888 May 26, The Sporting Times

Proper noun capitalized: Rosser

Rosser

  1. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].

Forms of rosser

pluralrossers

Origin of rosser

From Welsh Rhosier, a cognate of the English Roger.

Words formed from rosser

Questions about rosser

What does rosser mean?
Rosser means a surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
What is rosser the alternative form of?
Rosser is the alternative form of rozzer.
What part of speech is rosser?
Rosser is a proper noun.

Words near rosser in the dictionary

  1. Rosselli-Gulienetti syndrome
  2. Rossello
  3. Rossells
  4. rosselly
  5. Rossendale
  6. rosser
  7. Rosser's trick
  8. rossers
  9. rosses
  10. Rossett
  11. Rossettian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rosser (page history and authors); Rosser (page history and authors); rozzer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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