Definition of Rousters

1. rouster [n] - See also: rouster

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rousters

rouseite
rouser
rousers
rouses
rousing
rousingly
rousseaus
roussette
roust
roustabout
roustabouts
rousted
rouster
rousters
rousting
rousts
rout
rout out
rout up
routable
route
route of administration
route one football
route planner
routed
routeing
routeings
routeman

Literary usage of Rousters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"When an operator has several leases in a district a "farm boss" is employed, who keeps a crew of two to four "rousters" steadily employed in looking after ..."

2. Transactions by American Institute of Mining Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME. (1915)
"When an operator has several leases in a district a "farm boss" is employed, who keeps a crew of two to four "rousters" steadily employed in looking after ..."

3. Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot by George Byron Merrick (1909)
"If it had been less fiery the rousters would have thought they were being cheated. While on this trip, I never saw an officer of the boat take a drink at ..."

4. Children of the Slaves by Stephen Graham (1920)
"Looking at the " rousters " you can easily understand that dancing of a certain kind is innate with the Negro and springs from him. ..."

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