muster roll

collocation in English

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muster
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmʌs.tər/us
/ˈmʌs.tɚ/
a group of people, especially soldiers, who have been ...
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roll
noun
uk
/rəʊl/us
/roʊl/
a piece of film, paper, or cloth that is rolled into the shape of ...
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(Definition ofmusterandrollfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We have themusterrollin that area.
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An officer passes by on horseback while a sergeant marks hismusterroll.
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For many colonies the muster rolls are much less informative and would have to be cross-checked against tax or probate lists to provide the desired socio-economic portrait.
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These men were in charge of the muster rolls and recording who was present or not.
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Unfortunately in the process, it lost its original muster rolls which were lost when the regiment's camp was burned.
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Monthly muster rolls and pay abstract were directed to be prepared.
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Field consolidations were considered to be temporary, and the component regiments continued to maintain separate muster rolls.
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After the victory, we discovered from the muster rolls that there were 22,000 regular troops and 10,000 militiamen.
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There are no remarks on the muster rolls or monthly returns showing the service performed by this company.
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Only a handful of muster rolls, and almost no quartermaster or commissary reports, are known to exist.
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Every parish furnished a quota of eligible men, whose names were recorded on muster rolls.
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In total, 1,321 men appeared on the muster rolls; of these, 1,181 saw active service with the regiment.
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Muster rolls and documents that contain phonetic, partially mis-transcribed, or translated spelling is common for the period.
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The poorly paid officers often pocketed funds for soldiers who were on the muster rolls but absent or non-existent.
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Other kinds of service documentation that exist include muster rolls, identification discs, and discharge papers.
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Muster rolls describe him as standing six feet and one inch in height, with grey eyes, and dark hair and complexion.
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Prior to this time, the only way to index lists of soldiers was by use of rosters and muster rolls.
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The muster rolls for the period indicate that a large percentage of the troops were hospitalized, or were already dead.
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No muster rolls have ever been located.
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