Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Roster. A roster is a list of names of people involved with some organization or assignment. It can be a list of people and additional information, like the times when they are required to work or a list of students in a classroom. The term roster is often used to describe participants of an event.
No, the country of the Netherlands is independent from the country of Belgium. Actually, Belgium gained independence from the Netherlands, once being under Dutch control.
Later this part became the country Belgium. When the Netherlands became independent, it was a very special country. That time almost all countries in Europe were ruled by a king, but the Netherlands was a republic. The Netherlands was made up of seven provinces, that were ruled by the big cities.