muster

¹mus·ter

noun \ˈməs-tər\

Definition of MUSTER

1

: a representative specimen : sample

2

a : an act of assembling; specifically : formal military inspection b : critical examination c : an assembled group : collection d : inventory

Examples of MUSTER

1. <a muster of concerned citizens>
2. <considering the muster of suggestions that were submitted for “word of the year”>

Origin of MUSTER

Middle English mustre, from Anglo-French mostre, monstre, from mustrer

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to MUSTER

Synonyms: assemblage, assembly, conference, congregation, convocation, ingathering, meeting, gathering

Related Words: company, consort, coterie, gang, pack; caucus, forum, market, panel, rally, symposium, synod; audience, gallery, grandstand, house; crowd, flock, horde, legion, multitude, press, swarm, throng; crush, mob, rabble, rabblement

Near Antonyms: entity, item, single, unit

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Other Military Terms

bivouac, logistics, petard, salient, sally, supernumerary, tactical

Rhymes with MUSTER

bluster, buster, cluster, Custer, duster, fluster, luster, thruster, truster