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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

In 1574, Norwich exhibited on its muster roll 2120 able men, towards the general defence against the invincible Armada. 

From A Concise History and Directory of the City of Norwich for 1811 by Berry, C.

“While we have a membership of over thirty on the muster roll of Stanhope Troop, it isn’t to be expected that more than half of them will agree to make the outing with us.”

From The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats by Warren, George A.

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