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• MUSTER (Mid. Eng. mostre, moustre, adapted from the similar O. Fr. forms; Lat. monstrare)

MUSTER (See also:

• MID

Mid. Eng. mostre, moustre, adapted from the similar O. Fr. forms; See also:

• LAT

Lat. monstrare)  , originally an See also:

• EXHIBITION

exhibition, show, See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

review, an exhibition of strength, prowess or See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . One of the meanings of this See also:

• COMMON

common Romanic word, viz. See also:

• PATTERN

pattern, See also:

• SAMPLE (through the O. Fr. essemple, from Lat. exemplum; a doublet of " example ")

sample, is only used in commercial usage in See also:

• ENGLISH

English . (e.g. in the See also:

• CUTLERY (Fr. coutellerie, from the Lat. cultellus, a little knife)

cutlery See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade), but it has passed into See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, Ger . See also:

• MUSTER (Mid. Eng. mostre, moustre, adapted from the similar O. Fr. forms; Lat. monstrare)

Muster, Du. mousier . The most See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general meaning is for the assembling of soldiers and sailors for inspection and review, and more particularly for the ascertainment and verification of the See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers on the See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

roll . This use is seen in the Med . See also:

• LAT

Lat. monstrum and monstratio, "recensio militum" (Du Cange, See also:

• GLOSS, GLOSSARY

Gloss. s.v.) . In the "enlistment" See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army organization during the 16th and 17th centuries, and later in certain See also:

• SPECIAL

special survivals, each See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment was " enlisted " by its See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel and reviewed by special See also:

• OFFICERS

officers, muster-masters," who vouched for the members on the pay roll of the regiment representing its actual strength . This was a necessary precaution in the days when it was in the power of the See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of a unit to fill the muster roll with the names of fictitious men, known in the military See also:

• SLANG

slang of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England as passe-volants and "faggots" respectively . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief officer at headquarters was the muster-See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master-general, later See also:

• COMMISSARY (from Med. Lat. commissaries, one to whom a charge or trust is committed)

commissary general of musters . In the See also:

• UNITED

United States the See also:

• TERM

term is still commonly used, and a soldier is " mustered out " when he is officially discharged from military service .