muster

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English musteren, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mostrer, Middle French monstrer, moustrer (whence the noun monstre, which gave the English noun), from Latin mōnstrō (“to show”), from moneō (“to admonish”). Cognate with French montrer (“to show”), Italian mostrare (“to show”), Spanish mostrar (“to show”). See also monster. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌstə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈmʌstɚ/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmɐstə/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈmʊstə/ Rhymes: -ʌstə(ɹ) ==== Noun ==== muster (plural musters) A gathering. An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things. [from 14th c.] 1920, Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, Issue 13, The figures from 1788 to 1825 inclusive, as already mentioned, are based on the musters taken in those years; those for subsequent years are based upon estimates made on the basis of Census results and the annual […] . (military) An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. [from 15th c.] 2010, Ohtar, "Enthroned", Slechtvalk, A Forlorn Throne. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army. (Australia, New Zealand) A roundup of livestock for inspection, branding, drenching, shearing etc. [from 19th c.] Showing. (obsolete) Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [15th–19th c.] (obsolete) A sample of goods. (obsolete) An act of showing something; a display. [15th–17th c.] A collection of peafowl. (not a term used in zoology) ===== Synonyms ===== (review): review, parade, military parade ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== muster (third-person singular simple present musters, present participle mustering, simple past and past participle mustered) (transitive, obsolete) To show, exhibit. [15th–17th c.] (intransitive) 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. [from 15th c.] (transitive) To collect, call or assemble together, such as troops or a group for inspection, orders, display etc. [from 15th c.] 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift With the help of some low-end boosting, Dinklage musters a decent amount of kid-appropriate menace—although he never does explain his gift for finding chunks of ice shaped like pirate ships—but Romano and Leary mainly sound bored, droning through their lines as if they’re simultaneously texting the contractors building the additions on their houses funded by their fat sequel paychecks. (transitive, US) To enroll (into service). [from 19th c.] (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To gather or round up livestock. (transitive) To look within oneself to summon (a particular positive quality, such as strength, energy or courage); see: muster up. ===== Synonyms ===== (gather, unite): rally (gather troops for review): parade ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== muster (plural musters) Synonym of mustee. === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “muster”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “muster”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Sumter, estrum, mustre, muters, stumer, turmes == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === muster singular imperative of mustern == Silesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Muster. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmus.tɛr/ Rhymes: -ustɛr Syllabification: mus‧ter === Noun === muster m inan design, pattern === Further reading === muster in silling.org