muster

Plural: musters

Noun

• a gathering of military personnel for duty
  • "he was thrown in the brig for missing muster"
• compulsory military service
• A gathering.
• An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
• A gathering.
• An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service.
• A gathering.
• The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
• A gathering.
• A roundup of livestock for inspection, branding, drenching, shearing etc.
• Showing.
• Something shown for imitation; a pattern.
• Showing.
• A sample of goods.
• Showing.
• An act of showing something; a display.
• Showing.
• A collection of peafowl. (not a term used in zoology)
• Synonym of mustee.

Verb

Verb Forms: mustered, mustering, musters

• To assemble or gather, especially troops.
• gather or bring together
  • "muster the courage to do something"
• call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc.
• To show, exhibit.
• To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like (especially of a military force); to come together as parts of a force or body.
• To collect, call or assemble together, such as troops or a group for inspection, orders, display etc.
• To enroll (into service).
• To gather or round up livestock.

Examples

• He tried to MUSTER all his vowels for a bingo, but they remained elusive.

Synonyms

come up, conscription, draft, muster up, rally, selective service, summon, military parade, mustee, parade, review

Anagrams of muster