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Meanings of muster in English

Portuguese
conscrição
Spanish
conscripción

Compulsory military service.

conscrição
Portuguese
reagrupar
Spanish
concentrar

Gather or bring together.

reagrupar
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Examples for "draft"
Examples for "draft"
1
Two days later the government announced draft legislation to address so-called cyber-terrorism.
The South African
2
Russia has said the Western-Arab draft is unacceptable in its current form.
Reuters
3
The draft regulations will be open for 30 days of public comment.
Reuters
4
Parliament will debate and vote on the draft referendum bill on Friday.
Reuters
5
The state plans to release an updated draft by early next year.
Reuters
1
Rye was the principal mover in the famous conscription riots of New-York.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 05, April 30, 1870
2
The court also controlled centrally the conscription for the general military service.
A History of China
3
At the Winnipeg Liberal Convention in 1917 he was a coalition-conscription Liberal.
The Masques of Ottawa
4
Estonia has universal conscription, but service in these war zones was voluntary.
The Guardian
5
Enough went as it was in the fear that conscription was coming.
The Masques of Ottawa
1
The first concerns the selective service act which expires next June 30th.
State of the Union Addresses
2
July 20-Drawingat Washington of names for first army under selective service.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
3
The personnel of the new organization was being determined by the selective service boards.
The Delta of the Triple Elevens / The History of Battery D, 311t...
4
Two selective service laws operated as manhood conscription.
History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's...
5
May 18-PresidentWilson signs selective service act.
America's War for Humanity

Process of gathering livestock; usually involve cattle, sheep or horses, but may also include goats, camels, buffalo or other animals.

Competitive skills event held between fire departments.

Usage of muster in English
1
It would need to pass muster with regional water and environmental authorities.
Wired
2
It currently needs all the energy it can muster just to survive.
The Guardian
3
At best, the Arabs could muster perhaps four or five thousand men.
Mother of the believers: a novel of the birth of islam
4
Neither side really wants peace-justsome breathing space to muster their forces.
A Hard Day’s Knight
5
I fear ye will soon need all the strength ye can muster.
I shall wear midnight
6
The rates that funds can muster are falling as competition becomes fiercer.
Reuters
7
Rebel soldiers move regularly across the border and defectors muster inside Turkey.
Reuters
8
Neither of them could muster the strength to tell her the truth.
Hearts of grey
9
But most of the testimony would not pass muster in the witness-box.
The Secret Adversary
10
Britain has been unable to muster enough allies to block the proposal.
The Guardian
11
The muster shall begin at once, and wait for none that tarry.
The lord of the rings
12
Under the circumstances, his attitude was the best he could possibly muster.
Wait until spring, bandini
13
She tried to muster a warm smile as she said, Thank you.
The Kingmaker
14
These muster-days happened three or four times in my boyhood in Concord.
Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
15
The town bells were rung, for a general muster of the citizens.
Good Stories for Great Holidays / Arranged for Story-Telling and...
16
The two cats would need all of the courage they could muster.
The adventures of button
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