[
US
/ˈməstɝ/
]
[ UK /mˈʌstɐ/ ]
[ UK /mˈʌstɐ/ ]
NOUN
- compulsory military service
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a gathering of military personnel for duty
he was thrown in the brig for missing muster
VERB
- call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc.
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gather or bring together
muster the courage to do something
Summon all your courage
she rallied her intellect
How To Use muster In A Sentence
- After a bit, we mustered a varry nice pairty ov abaat a dozen, an 'as iverybody wor tawkin at once we managed to mak a fairish din. Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley
- I mustered the entire caravan outside the tembe, our flags and streamers were unfurled, the men had their loads resting on the walls, there was considerable shouting, and laughing, and negroidal fanfaronnade. How I Found Livingstone
- He gathered himself up with as much dignity as he could muster before glaring at me.
- During the mobilization of any Army organization, all personnel are required to muster at a designated site.
- The team ensured that civilian airliners and local mustering aircraft were kept out of the way of the fast jets.
- He mustered up enough courage to attack the difficulty.
- He mustered up enough courage to attack the difficulty.
- This gave Louis time to muster an army, and on 22 May 1216, he landed at Sandwich.
- They mustered eighteen in all, and in half an hour they were ironed in a row along the stanchioned rail of the torpedo-boat. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility
- Their commander said that he could muster 150 armed men within minutes. Times, Sunday Times
