Definition of "rosier"
rosier1
adjective
comparative form of rosy: more rosy
rosier2
noun
plural rosiers
(archaic) rosebush
Quotations
on the top ſtood five trees: the firſt was an olive tree, on which hanged a ſhield of the armes of the church of Rome; the ſecond was a pyne aple tree, with the arms of the emperor; the third was a roſyer, with the armes of England; the fourth a braunche of lylies, bearing the armes of France; and the fifth a pomegranet tree, bearing the armes of Spayn
1550, Edward Hall, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, Beyng Long in Continuall Discension for the Croune of this Noble Realme, […], London: […] Rychard Grafton, […] [and Steven Mierdman]
The single nightingalePerch’d in the rosier by, so richly ton’d,That never from that most melodious bird,Singing a love-song to his brooding mate,Did Thracian shepherd by the graveOf Orpheus hear a sweeter melody
1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […]