See Also: muster(1)(dictionary)
muster(2)(dictionary)
muster 1, verb(dictionary)
muster 2, noun(dictionary)
MUSTER-ROLL(law)

muster(1) (iou)



muster noun. LME.
[Old French moustre (later Latinized, mod. montre) from Proto-Romance noun from Latin monstrare show.]
a. The action or an act of showing something; manifestation; exhibition, display. LME-M17.
b. A flock of peacocks. rare. LME.
A pattern, a specimen, a sample, latterly only of certain commercial items. LME.
a. An act of mustering soldiers, sailors, etc.; an assembling of people for inspection, verification of numbers, etc.; a roll-call. LME.
b. An act of mustering stock (cattle, sheep, etc.), a round-up of stock. Austral. & NZ. M19.
The number of persons or things mustered or assembled on a particular occasion; an assembly, a collection. LME.
A muster-roll. Formerly also, a census report. M16.
Foll. by out: (a) discharge from service. US. L19.
Phrases: false muster (chiefly Hist.) a fraudulent presentation at a muster, or a fraudulent inclusion in a muster-roll, of men who are not available for service. in muster mustered, assembled for inspection. pass muster, (earlier) pass musters, pass the musters (orig. Military) undergo muster or review without censure; bear examination or inspection, come up to the required standard, be accepted (as the possessor of certain qualities).
Comb.: muster-book a book in which military forces are registered; a book containing the names of the crew of a warship; muster file a muster-roll; muster-master an officer responsible for (the accuracy of) a muster-roll, esp. of some portion of an army; muster-mastership Hist. the function or position of a muster-master; muster-roll (a) an official list of the soldiers in an army or the sailors in a ship's company; a register; (b) Nautical the reading of a muster-roll; a roll-call.