v.
- come or bring (troops) together, especially for inspection or in preparation for battle.
▸(of a group of people) gather together.
▸Austral./NZ round up (livestock).
- summon up (a feeling, attitude, or response).
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(muster someone in or out)
US enrol someone into (or discharge someone from) military service.
n.
- an instance of mustering troops.
▸Austral./NZ a rounding up of livestock.
- Austral. informal the number of people attending a meeting.
Phrase
- pass muster
be accepted as satisfactory.
Derivative
- musterer n. (Austral./NZ).
Etymology
ME: from OFr. moustrer (v.), moustre (n.), from L. monstrare ‘to show’.