muster
verb
[ ˈmʌstə ]
• assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle.
• "17,000 men had been mustered on Haldon Hill"
Similar:
assemble,
bring together,
call together,
marshal,
mobilize,
rally,
round up,
raise,
summon,
gather,
gather together,
mass,
collect,
convene,
call up,
call to arms,
recruit,
conscript,
draft,
convoke,
levy,
• collect or assemble (a number or amount).
• "the city council was unable to muster enough votes to pass the measure"
muster
noun
• a formal gathering of troops, especially for inspection, display, or exercise.
• "he attended the musters, which were called to train all able-bodied men"
Similar:
roll call,
assembly,
rally,
meeting,
round-up,
convocation,
mobilization,
gathering,
assemblage,
congregation,
convention,
parade,
review,
• a group of peacocks.
• "the sound was like the cry of a muster of peacocks"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French moustrer (verb), moustre (noun), from Latin monstrare ‘to show’.
