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muster roll
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muster roll
n.
1. The official roll of persons in a military or naval unit.
2. An inventory; a roster.

muster roll
n
(Military) a list of the officers and men in a regiment, ship's company, etc.
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Noun1.muster roll - a list of names of officers and men in a military unit or ship's companymuster roll - a list of names of officers and men in a military unit or ship's company
roster, roll - a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls"
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"


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He then justified his use of the word "boys" by citing the following statistics: "In 1860 the poll books showed a total enrollment for the state of Mississippi of 60,000 men, and yet the muster rolls of the Confederacy show that Mississippi furnished 78,000 soldiers to the Southern cause.
In some cases, the payment of wages were delayed due to faulty handling of muster rolls and shortage of staff at block and Gram panchayat, sources added.
Therefore we have the remarkable survival of indentures for service detailing the forces to be raised, muster rolls showing this service and naming every soldier from duke to archer.
 
 
 
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