muster file

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muster file - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Muster \Mus"ter\, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F.
     montre, LL. monstra. See Muster, v. t.]
     1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.]
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     2. A show; a display. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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     3. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade,
        verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or
        introduction into service.
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              The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty.
                                                    --Hawthorne.
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              See how in warlike muster they appear,
              In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings.
                                                    --Milton.
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     4. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and
        inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
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              And the muster was thirty thousands of men.
                                                    --Wyclif.
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              Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and
              proclaim them to amount of thousands. --Hooker.
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     5. Any assemblage or display; a gathering.
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              Of the temporal grandees of the realm, mentof their
              wives and daughters, the muster was great and
              splendid.                             --Macaulay.
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     Muster book, a book in which military forces are
        registered.
  
     Muster file, a muster roll.
  
     Muster master (Mil.), one who takes an account of troops,
        and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector.
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     Muster roll (Mil.), a list or register of all the men in a
        company, troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on
        the day of muster.
  
     To pass muster, to pass through a muster or inspection
        without censure.
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              Such excuses will not pass muster with God. --South.
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