noun.
Something shown for imitation; a pattern.
noun.
A show; a display.
noun.
An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service.
noun.
The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
noun.
Any assemblage or display; a gathering.
noun.
a book in which military forces are registered.
noun.
a muster roll.
noun.
one who takes an account of troops, and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector.
noun.
a list or register of all the men in a company, troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on the day of muster.
noun.
to pass through a muster or inspection without censure.
intransitive verb.
To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like; to come together as parts of a force or body.
transitive verb.
To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like.
transitive verb.
Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together.
transitive verb.
to inspect and enter troops on the muster roll of the army.
transitive verb.
to register them for final payment and discharge.
transitive verb.
to gather up; to succeed in obtaining; to obtain with some effort or difficulty.