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muleteer

American  
[myoo-luh-teer] / ˌmju ləˈtɪər /

noun

muleteers plural
  1. a driver of mules.


muleteer British  
/ ˌmjuːlɪˈtɪə /

noun

  1. a person who drives mules

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Etymology

Origin of muleteer

1530–40; < Middle French muletier, equivalent to mulet ( see mule 1, -et) + -ier -ier 2; see -eer

Example Sentences

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Our chief muleteer, Juvenal Cobos, who had been to Machu Picchu on a school field trip in the 1950s, confirmed this.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2011

Andreas Aroditis sang convincingly as Ramiro, the socially awkward muleteer whom Concepción eventually bends to her will.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2011

If late afternoon finds a muleteer in the valley, he gets panicky and whips his beasts to escape lefore sunset.

From Time Magazine Archive

It led him to jobs such as muleteer, waiter, stevedore, hack driver.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is said to have got out of the city disguised as a muleteer.

From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.

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