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muster roll
Variant of muster
muster
definition
mus·ter (mus′tər)
transitive verb
- to assemble or summon (troops, etc.), as for inspection, roll call, or service
- to put through a roll call
- to gather together and display; collect; summon: often with up to muster up strength
- 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
- a gathering together or assembling, as of troops for inspection
- the persons or things assembled; assemblage
- the sum of these
- the roll, or list, of persons in a military or naval unitalso 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
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