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cameleer

American  
[kam-uh-leer] / ˌkæm əˈlɪər /

noun

  1. a camel driver.

  2. a soldier mounted on a camel.


cameleer British  
/ ˌkæmɪˈlɪə /

noun

  1. a camel-driver

"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

Etymology

Origin of cameleer

First recorded in 1800–10; camel + -eer

Example Sentences

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"Tracks" was the first film Harper worked on as a cameleer.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2014

She has been on many treks with Harper, who has been a cameleer since 1995.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2014

"Ghan" derives from "Afghan", as the train's logo of a cameleer makes plain.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2014

Reserved, simple, moody, his comrade Molla Abdullah was a disgruntled old cameleer with a limp.

From Newsweek

We shall hereafter have occasion to speak more in detail of the native country of our young cameleer.

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Evariste Regis Huc

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