Muster — Defs

01 n. Something shown for imitation; a pattern.

1.
Something shown for imitation; a pattern.[Obs.]
2.
A show; a display.[Obs.]
3.
An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service.
“The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty.” — Hawthorne.

“See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings.” — Milton.
4.
The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
“And the muster was thirty thousands of men.” — Wyclif.

“Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and proclaim them to amount of thousands.” — Hooker.
5.
Any assemblage or display; a gathering.
“Of the temporal grandees of the realm, mentof their wives and daughters, the muster was great and splendid.” — Macaulay.

“Such excuses will not pass muster with God.” — South.

Phrases & compounds

Muster book — a book in which military forces are registered.

Muster file — a muster roll.

Muster master — one who takes an account of troops, and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector.

Muster roll — 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.

02 v. t. To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like.

imp. & p. p. Mustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Mustering

1.
To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like.
2.
Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together.
“All the gay feathers he could muster.” — L'Estrange.

“One of those who can muster up sufficient sprightliness to engage in a game of forfeits.” — Hazlitt.

Phrases & compounds

To muster troops into service — to inspect and enter troops on the muster roll of the army.

To muster troops out of service — 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.

03 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 mus…

1.
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.