Word Definition

Muster

  1. Any assemblage or display; a gathering.
  2. To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like.
  3. A show; a display.
  4. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
  5. Something shown for imitation; a pattern.
  6. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service.
  7. Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together.
  8. 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.