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muster roll

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noun

  1. a list of the officers and men in a regiment, ship's company, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She sent him electronic copies of those items and he sent her copies of Smith’s widow’s pension claim and muster roll.

From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2014

Despite the title, Queen Elizabeth appears but fitfully in the text—surrounded by a muster roll of courtiers with the subsequently decapitated Essex at the head.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well aware are they cf the fact that their muster roll in the 72nd Congress will by no means be large enough to effect any sort of major change in Prohibition policy.

From Time Magazine Archive

George was a cousin to Landy, and had also recently signed the muster roll of the scouts, although he belonged to Matty's patrol, the Beaver.

From Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot by Douglas, Alan

He enlisted April 24, 1775, June 10, 1775 signed advance pay order at Cambridge, Aug. 1, 1775, Private on muster roll at that date.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.

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