cameleer

[ kam-uh-leer ]

/ ˌkæm əˈlɪər /

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noun

a camel driver.

a soldier mounted on a camel.

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Origin of cameleer

First recorded in 1800–10; camel + -eer

Words nearby cameleer

came, camel, camelback, camel case, camel cricket, cameleer, camel grass, camelhair, camelid, camellia, camelopard

How to use cameleer in a sentence

The cameleer led the beast to where a party of tourists, obviously American, waited.
The Egyptian Cat Mystery|Harold Leland Goodwin
We shall hereafter have occasion to speak more in detail of the native country of our young cameleer.
Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China|Evariste Regis Huc
M. Huc, fearing to lose himself amid these sands, stopped the cameleer.
Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China|Evariste Regis Huc
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

British Dictionary definitions for cameleer

cameleer

/ (ˌkæmɪˈlɪə) /

noun

a camel-driver

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