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roll call definition

roll call

  1. the reading aloud of a roll, or list of names, as to check attendance in a classroom, military formation, etc.
  2. the fixed time, or a signal (as on a bugle), for such a reading

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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