muster roll

Variant of muster

muster definition

mus·ter (mus′tər)

transitive verb

  1. to assemble or summon (troops, etc.), as for inspection, roll call, or service
  2. to put through a roll call
  3. to gather together and display; collect; summon: often with up to muster up strength
  4. to have in number; amount to

Etymology: ME mousteren < OFr moustrer, to exhibit, show < ML mustrare < L monstrare, to show < monstrum: see monster

intransitive verb

to come together or gather; specif., to assemble as for inspection or roll call

noun

  1. a gathering together or assembling, as of troops for inspection
    1. the persons or things assembled; assemblage
    2. the sum of these
  3. the roll, or list, of persons in a military or naval unit
    also muster roll
muster Idioms

muster in (or out)

☆
to enlist in (or discharge from) military service

pass muster

to measure up to the required standards

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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