Definition of musters Musters
/mʌˈstɚz/ - [musterz] -
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What does musters mean?
Wiktionary 
- musters (Noun)
Plural of muster.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: musters |
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| muster - a gathering of military personnel for duty; "he was thrown in the brig for missing muster" | ||
| assemblage, gathering a group of persons together in one place | ||
| armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
| muster - compulsory military service | ||
| conscription, draft, selective service | ||
| militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops" | ||
| armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
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| muster - call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc. | ||
| send for, call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| muster - gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" | ||
| rally, summon, come up, muster up | ||
| pull together, garner, collect, gather store grain | ||
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Wiktionary
- muster (Noun)
Gathering. - muster (Noun)
An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things. - muster (Noun)
1743, Joseph Steele & Richard Addison, The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq. - muster (Noun)
She seems to hear the Repetition of his Mens Names with Admiration; and waits only to answer him with as false a Muster of Lovers. - muster (Noun)
1920, Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, Issue 13. - muster (Noun)
The figures from 1788 to 1825 inclusive, as already mentioned, are based on the musters taken in those years; those for subsequent years are based upon estimates made on the basis of Census results and the annual. - muster (Noun)
1598, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 1. - muster (Noun)
Come, let vs take a muster speedily: / Doomesday is neere; dye all, dye merrily. - muster (Noun)
1663, Samuel Pepys, Diary, 4 Jul 166. - muster (Noun)
And after long being there, I 'light, and walked to the place where the King, Duke &c. , did stand to see the horse and foot march by and discharge their guns, to show a French Marquisse for whom this muster was caused the goodness of our firemen .. .. - muster (Noun)
2006, John Gilfoyle, Bloody Jackaroos!, Boolarong Press. - muster (Noun)
McGuire took the two of them out to Kidman's Bore on the Sylvester River where about two dozen stockmen from different stations had gathered to tend the muster along the edge of the Simpson Desert. - muster (Noun)
Showing. - muster (Noun)
1590, Sir Philip Sidney, Arcadia, Book III. - muster (Noun)
Thus all things being condignely ordered, will an ill favoured impatiencie he waited, until the next morning he might make a muster of him selfe in the Iland .. .. - muster (Noun)
1647, Beaumont & Fletcher, The Queen of Corinth, Act. - muster (Noun)
And when you find your women's favour fail, / 'Tis ten to one you'll know yourself, and seek me, / Upon a better muster of your manners. - muster (Noun)
A collection of peafowl an invented term rather than one used by zoologists.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- muster (v. t.)
Something shown for imitation; a pattern. - muster (v. t.)
A show; a display. - muster (v. t.)
An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. - muster (v. t.)
The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army. - muster (v. t.)
Any assemblage or display; a gathering. - muster (v. t.)
To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like. - muster (v. t.)
Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together. - muster (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 mustered in force.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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muster
To assemble in order that the state and condition of the men may be seen, and also at times to inspect their arms and clothing.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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muster
A review of troops under arms, fully equipped, in order to take an account of their numbers, inspect their arms and accoutrements, and examine their condition. In the U. S. service troops are mustered bi-monthly. During the civil war, the mustering in and mustering out of troops (into or out of the U. S. service) were performed by staff-officers, called commissaries of musters.
