cameleer

[ kam-uh-leer ]

/ ˌkæm əˈlɪər /

noun

a camel driver.

a soldier mounted on a camel.

Nearby words

camel spin, camel toe, camel's hair, camel's-hair, camelback, cameleer, camelhair, camelid, camellia, camelopard, camelopardalis

Origin of cameleer

First recorded in 1800–10; camel + -eer

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Examples from the Web for 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
M. Huc, fearing to lose himself amid these sands, stopped the cameleer.
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
It is decidedly thrilling to hear the cameleer say, ich, ich, i—ch—ch!
The Syrian Christ|Abraham Mitrie Rihbany

Khalid takes shelter in one of the shops; a cameleer rates the boys and chases them away.
The Book of Khalid|Ameen Rihani

British Dictionary definitions for cameleer

cameleer

/ (ˌkæmɪˈlɪə) /

noun

a camel-driver

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cameleer

noun

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cameleer

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