资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.]

   2. A show; a display. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.

   3. An assembling or review of troops, as for parade,
      verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or
      introduction into service.

            The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty.
                                                  --Hawthorne.

            See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs,
            and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. --Milton.

   4. The sum total of an army when assembled for review and
      inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.

            And the muster was thirty thousands of men.
                                                  --Wyclif.

            Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and
            proclaim them to amount of thousands. --Hooker.

   5. Any assemblage or display; a gathering.

            Of the temporal grandees of the realm, mentof their
            wives and daughters, the muster was great and
            splendid.                             --Macaulay.

   {Muster book}, a book in which military forces are registred.
      

   {Muster file}, a muster roll.

   {Muster master} (Mil.), one who takes an account of troops,
      and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector.
      [Eng.]

   {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.

            Such excuses will not pass muster with God. --South.