muster

Definition

A gathering.

Etymology

From Middle English musteren, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mostrer, Middle French monstrer, moustrer (whence the noun monstre, which gave the English noun), from Latin mōnstrō (“to show”), from moneō (“to admonish”). Cognate with French montrer (“to show”), Italian mostrare (“to show”), Spanish mostrar (“to show”). See also monster.

Example Sentences

• "She seems to hear the Repetition of his Mens Names with Admiration; and waits only to answer him with as false a Muster of Lovers."
• "Of the temporal grandees of the realm, and of their wives and daughters, the muster was great and splendid."
• "1920, Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, Issue 13, The figures from 1788 to 1825 inclusive, as already mentioned, are based on the musters taken in those years; those for subsequent years are based upon estimates made on the basis of Census results and the annual […] ."