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ROSSER

Specialty Definition: ROSSER

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Food & Agriculture

One who removes the bark from round timber. Source: European Union. (references)
 A machine that removes the bark from or smoothes the surface of round timber, particularly by means of rotary cutters(cutterhead barkers)or abrasion. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Rosser, Texas

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Rosser is a village located in Kaufman County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 379.

Geography


Rosser is located at 32°27'41" North, 96°26'59" West (32.461441, -96.449772)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 5.3 km² (2.0 mi²). 5.2 km² (2.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.99% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 379 people, 132 households, and 97 families residing in the village. The population density is 72.8/km² (188.5/mi²). There are 156 housing units at an average density of 30.0/km² (77.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 58.84% White, 32.72% African American, 4.22% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.85% from other races, and 2.37% from two or more races. 4.22% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 132 households out of which 32.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.6% are married couples living together, 11.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% are non-families. 23.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 12.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.87 and the average family size is 3.40. In the village the population is spread out with 29.0% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 88.1 males. The median income for a household in the village is $38,558, and the median income for a family is $39,886. Males have a median income of $38,750 versus $23,750 for females. The per capita income for the village is $13,960. 14.7% of the population and 18.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 10.4% are under the age of 18 and 34.1% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Rosser, Texas."

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Crosswords: ROSSER

Non-English Usage: "ROSSER" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (batter about, drub, hammer, lace, Lam, lambaste, lather, pelt, thrash, thresh, trounce).

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Commercial Usage: ROSSER

DomainTitle

Books

  • Riding With Rosser (reference)

  • The Church Rosser property in computer algebra and special theorem proving : an investigation of critical pair, completion algorithms (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: ROSSER

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Embossed cover art of: "The Lights and Tides of the World" by by James F. Imray & W.H. Rosser. 2nd Edition 1869. Detail of Lighthouse. Library Call Number VK1150 .I4 2nd ed. 1869. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Rosser attacking the rear--Oct. 8th 1864 nr. Harrisonburg. Shenandoah Valley. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: ROSSER

"ROSSER" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ROSSER" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%1980,337

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: ROSSER

The following table summarizes the usage of "ROSSER" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons		Rank in USA
RosserLast name3,0003,910
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: ROSSER


1. Rosser, TX (village, FIPS 63404)
Location: 32.46273 N, 96.44221 W
Population (1990): 366 (134 housing units)
Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expression: ROSSER

Hyphenated Usage

Containing "ROSSER": Church-Rosser Theorem.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ROSSER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

rosser

24

jeep rosser

24

leon rosser

24

jeep leon rosser

17

isd rosser scurry

9

rosser reeve

6

rosser texas

6

international rosser

6

l rosser thomas

3

scurry rosser

3

accurate imaging rosser technology

2

bruckman rosser sherrill

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ROSSER

Language Translations for "ROSSER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

skovarbejder der afbarker (barker, peeler), skovarbejder (barker, chopper, peeler, skidder), afbarkningsmaskine (bark removing machine, barker, barking machine, debarker, decorticator, motor bark remover). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ontschorsmachine (barker, barking machine, debarker, motor bark remover), ontschorsingsmachine (barker, barking machine, debarker, motor bark remover), arbeiders met schillen belast (barker, peeler). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kuorimiskone (barker, barking machine, debarker, motor bark remover), kuorimakone (barker, barking machine, debarker, motor bark remover). (various references)

   

French

  

ouvrier écorceur, décortiqueur moteur, écorceuse, écorceur. (various references)

   

German

  

Rindenschälmaschine (barker, barking machine, debarker, motor bark remover), Rindenschäler (barker, peeler), Schälmaschine (husker, stripper), Motor- Rindenschäler (barker, barking machine, debarker, motor bark remover), Entrindungsmaschine (barker, barking machine, debarker, motor bark remover), Entrindemaschine (barker, barking machine, debarker, motor bark remover). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εργάτης που αποφλοιώνει (barker), αποφλοιωτική μηχανή (bark removing machine, barker, barking machine, debarker, decorticator, huller, motor bark remover, peeler, scalper, sheller, stripper). (various references)

   

Italian

  

scorzatore (barker, peeler), scortecciatrice a motore (barker, barking machine, debarker, motor bark remover), scortecciatrice (bark removing machine, barker, barking machine, debarker, decorticator, motor bark remover). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ロッグウッドの木 (lodge, logwood, lotte, Lotteria, robber, rod, rod antenna, rodeo, Rossini, rot, Rotring). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ロッサー . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

osserray

   

Portuguese

  

operador de máquina de descasque (barker, peeler), máquina para descortiçar (barker, barking machine, debarker, motor bark remover), máquina para descascar (barker, barking machine, debarker, motor bark remover), descascador (barker, barking machine, debarker, decorticator, huller, motor bark remover, peeler, scalper, sheller), descascadeira (barker, barking machine, debarker, motor bark remover). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

peladora (barker, barking iron, barking machine, debarker, motor bark remover, peeler, spud), pelador (barker, peeler), descortezadora de motor (barker, barking machine, debarker, motor bark remover), descortezadora (barker, barking machine, debarker, motor bark remover). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

barkningsmaskin (peeler), barkmaskin (barker, barking machine, debarker, motor bark remover), barkare (barker). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: ROSSER

Derivations

Words ending with "ROSSER": crosser, engrosser, grosser. (additional references)

Words containing "ROSSER": crossers, engrossers, grossers. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ROSSER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-o-r-r-s-s"

-1 letter: roses, sorer, sores.

-2 letters: eros, errs, ores, oses, roes, rose, sers, sore.

-3 letters: err, ers, ess, oes, ore, ors, ose, res, roe, ser, sos.

-4 letters: er, es, oe, or, os, re, so.

 Words containing the letters "e-o-r-r-s-s"
 

+1 letter: crosser, dorsers, grosser, orrises, pressor, prosers, recross, resorbs, resorts, roosers, rosters, rousers, scorers, snorers, soarers, sorners, sorrels, sorters.

 

+2 letters: arousers, aspersor, assertor, assorter, browsers, coursers, crosiers, crossers, droseras, drossier, fortress, grossers, grousers, morrises, oratress, portress, presorts, pressors, prioress, progress, prospers, reassort, remorses, reposers, rescores, resistor, restores, reversos, revisors, roasters, roisters, roosters, rosaries, roseries, rousters, roysters, savorers, scorners, scourers, serranos, snorters, sorriest, sporters, stertors, stressor, strokers, stroyers, tressour, trousers, trowsers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Usage Frequency 		5. Names: Frequency
6. Cities
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet 		9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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