rosser

rosser (plural rossers)

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

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• Rhymes: -ɔsər

rosser

1. comparative degree of ros

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.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.se/

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rosser

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

• “rosser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

rosser

1. (Jersey) to thrash