"Rossiter" meaning in English

See Rossiter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Rossiters [plural]
Etymology: Variant of Rochester from Middle English Rovescester. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Rovescester}} Middle English Rovescester Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Rossiter (countable and uncountable, plural Rossiters)
  1. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Rossiter-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A census-designated place in Canoe Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States, founded as a coal mining town. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Census-designated places in Pennsylvania, USA, Places in Pennsylvania, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Rossiter-en-name-mvMqms0~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Rossiter-McLaughlin effect

Inflected forms

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