roll call

1. 1.

   calling out an official list of names

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Questions about roll call

What does roll call mean?

roll call means "calling out an official list of names".

Is roll call a common word?

roll call is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.