The Collaborative International Dictionary
Muster \Mus"ter\, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F. montre, LL. monstra. See Muster, v. t.]
Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.]
A show; a display. [Obs.]
--Piers Plowman.-
An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service.
The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty.
--Hawthorne.See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings.
--Milton. -
The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
And the muster was thirty thousands of men.
--Wyclif.Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and proclaim them to amount of thousands.
--Hooker. -
Any assemblage or display; a gathering.
Of the temporal grandees of the realm, mentof their wives and daughters, the muster was great and splendid.
--Macaulay.Muster book, a book in which military forces are registered.
Muster file, a muster roll.
Muster master (Mil.), one who takes an account of troops, and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector.
Muster roll (Mil.), a list or register of all the men in a company, troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on the day of muster.
To pass muster, to pass through a muster or inspection without censure.
Such excuses will not pass muster with God.
--South.