Muster Definition

mŭstər
mustered, musters
verb
mustered, musters
To assemble or summon (troops, etc.), as for inspection, roll call, or service.
Webster's New World
To come together or gather; specif., to assemble as for inspection or roll call.
Webster's New World
To put through a roll call.
Webster's New World
To bring into existence or readiness; summon up.
Mustering up her strength for the ordeal.
American Heritage
To gather together and display; collect; summon.
To muster up strength.
Webster's New World
noun
musters
A gathering together or assembling, as of troops for inspection.
Webster's New World
The persons or things assembled; assemblage.
Webster's New World
A muster roll.
American Heritage
The sum of these.
Webster's New World
The roll, or list, of persons in a military or naval unit.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
idiom
pass muster
  • To be judged as acceptable.
American Heritage
muster in (<i>or</i> out)
  • to enlist in (or discharge from) military service
Webster's New World
pass muster
  • to measure up to the required standards
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Muster

Noun

Singular:
muster
Plural:
musters

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Origin of Muster

  • Middle English mustren from Old French moustrer from Latin mōnstrāre to show from mōnstrum sign, portent from monēre to warn men-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English, from Anglo-Norman mostrer, Middle French monstrer, moustrer (whence the noun monstre, which gave the English noun), from Latin mōnstrāre (“to show"), from monere (“to admonish").

    From Wiktionary

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