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Definition muster

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mostrer, Middle French monstrer, moustrer (whence the noun monstre, which gave the English noun), from Latin m?nstr?re (“to show”), from monere (“to admonish”). Cognate with French montrer (“to show”), Italian mostrare (“to show”), Spanish mostrar (“to show”). See also monster.

Noun

muster (plural musters)

1. Gathering.
   1. An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things. [from 14th c.]
   2. (chiefly military) An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. [from 15th c.]
   3. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
   4. (Australia, New Zealand) A roundup of livestock for inspection, branding, drenching, shearing etc. [from 19th c.]
2. Showing.
   1. (obsolete) Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [15th-19th c.]
   2. (obsolete) An act of showing something; a display. [15th-17th c.]
   3. A collection of peafowl (an invented term rather than one used by zoologists). [from 15th c.]

Verb

muster (third-person singular simple present musters, present participle mustering, simple past and past participle mustered)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To show, exhibit. [15th-17th c.]
2. (intransitive) To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like (especially of a military force); to come together as parts of a force or body. [from 15th c.]
3. (transitive) To collect, call or assemble together, such as troops or a group for inspection, orders, display etc. [from 15th c.]
4. (transitive, US) To enroll (into service). [from 19th c.]
5. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To gather or round up livestock.

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