cameleer

[kam-uh-leer]

noun

a camel driver.

a soldier mounted on a camel.

Origin of cameleer

First recorded in 1800–10; camel + -eer

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Examples from the Web for cameleer

Historical Examples of cameleer

The cry of the donkey-boy, and the cry of the cameleer, and the cry of the muezzin from the mosque.
The Wind Bloweth
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
It is decidedly thrilling to hear the cameleer say, ich, ich, i—ch—ch!
The Syrian Christ
Abraham Mitrie Rihbany
This question afforded us an opportunity of giving our cameleer a sound rating.
Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China
Evariste Regis Huc
The cameleer led the beast to where a party of tourists, obviously American, waited.
The Egyptian Cat Mystery
Harold Leland Goodwin
M. Huc, fearing to lose himself amid these sands, stopped the cameleer.
Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China
Evariste Regis Huc

British Dictionary definitions for cameleer

cameleer

noun

a camel-driver

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