'Muster' definitions:
Definition of 'muster'
(from WordNet)
noun
A gathering of military personnel for duty; "he was thrown in the brig for missing muster"
noun
verb
Gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" [syn: muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up]
verb
Call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc.
Definition of 'Muster'
From: GCIDE
- Muster \Mus"ter\, v. i. To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like; to come together as parts of a force or body; as, his supporters mustered in force. "The mustering squadron." --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Muster'
From: GCIDE
- Muster \Mus"ter\, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F. montre, LL. monstra. See Muster, v. t.]
- 1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. A show; a display. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. [1913 Webster]
- The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army. [1913 Webster]
- And the muster was thirty thousands of men. --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
- Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and proclaim them to amount of thousands. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Any assemblage or display; a gathering. [1913 Webster]
- Of the temporal grandees of the realm, mentof their wives and daughters, the muster was great and splendid. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Muster book, a book in which military forces are registered.
- Muster file, a muster roll.
- Muster master (Mil.), one who takes an account of troops, and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector. [Eng.]
- Muster roll (Mil.), a list or register of all the men in a company, troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on the day of muster.
- To pass muster, to pass through a muster or inspection without censure. [1913 Webster]
- Such excuses will not pass muster with God. --South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Muster'
From: GCIDE
- Muster \Mus"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Mustering.] [OE. mustren, prop., to show, OF. mostrer, mustrer, moustrer, monstrer, F. montrer, fr. L. monstrare to show. See Monster.]
- 1. To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together. "Mustering all its force." --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- All the gay feathers he could muster. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- To muster troops into service (Mil.), to inspect and enter troops on the muster roll of the army.
- To muster troops out of service (Mil.), to register them for final payment and discharge.
- To muster up, to gather up; to succeed in obtaining; to obtain with some effort or difficulty. [1913 Webster]
- One of those who can muster up sufficient sprightliness to engage in a game of forfeits. --Hazlitt. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'muster'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accumulate,
- agenda,
- agglomerate,
- aggregate,
- aggregation,
- aggroup,
- amass,
- assemblage,
- assemble,
- assembly,
- batch,
- beadroll,
- beat the drums,
- bid come,
- bring together,
- bugle call,
- bulk,
- bunch,
- bunch together,
- bunch up,
- cadastre,
- calendar,
- call,
- call away,
- call back,
- call for,
- call forth,
- call in,
- call out,
- call to arms,
- call together,
- call up,
- call-up,
- canvass,
- catchword,
- census,
- census report,
- checklist,
- checkroll,
- cite,
- clarion,
- clarion call,
- clot,
- clump,
- cluster,
- collect,
- collection,
- colligate,
- colligation,
- collocate,
- collocation,
- combination,
- combine,
- come together,
- commandeer,
- company,
- compare,
- comparison,
- compile,
- compulsory military service,
- concourse,
- concurrence,
- confluence,
- conflux,
- congeries,
- conglomerate,
- congregate,
- congregation,
- congress,
- conjure,
- conjure up,
- conscript,
- conscription,
- convene,
- convention,
- converge,
- convergence,
- convocation,
- convoke,
- copulate,
- corral,
- corralling,
- couple,
- crowd,
- cumulate,
- data-gathering,
- date,
- demand,
- detach,
- detach for service,
- dig up,
- docket,
- draft,
- draft call,
- drafting,
- dramatis personae,
- draw together,
- dredge up,
- drive together,
- enlist,
- enlistment,
- enroll,
- enrollment,
- evoke,
- exhortation,
- flock together,
- flow together,
- forgather,
- fuse,
- gang around,
- gang up,
- gather,
- gather around,
- gather in,
- gather together,
- gathering,
- get in,
- get together,
- go for broke,
- group,
- gung ho,
- head count,
- herd together,
- hive,
- honor roll,
- horde,
- huddle,
- impress,
- impressment,
- indent,
- induct,
- induction,
- ingathering,
- inventory,
- invoke,
- join,
- join up,
- junction,
- jury list,
- jury panel,
- juxtapose,
- juxtaposition,
- league,
- levy,
- lineup,
- link,
- list,
- lump together,
- make the grade,
- make up,
- marshal,
- mass,
- match,
- measure up,
- meet,
- meeting,
- merge,
- mill,
- mobilization,
- mobilize,
- muster in,
- muster roll,
- muster up,
- nose count,
- order of business,
- order up,
- page,
- pair,
- partner,
- pass muster,
- poll,
- preconize,
- press,
- program,
- property roll,
- put together,
- questionnaire,
- raise,
- rake up,
- rally,
- rally around,
- rallying cry,
- rebel yell,
- recall,
- recruit,
- recruiting,
- recruitment,
- rendezvous,
- requisition,
- returns,
- rodeo,
- roll,
- roll call,
- roster,
- rota,
- round up,
- roundup,
- scrape together,
- scroll,
- seethe,
- selective service,
- send after,
- send for,
- serve,
- sign,
- sign on,
- sign up,
- slogan,
- stream,
- subpoena,
- summon,
- summon forth,
- summon up,
- summons,
- surge,
- survey,
- swarm,
- take up,
- tax roll,
- throng,
- trumpet call,
- turnout,
- unite,
- war cry,
- war whoop,
- watchword,
- whip in