muleteer

[ myoo-luh-teer ]

/ ˌmyu ləˈtɪər /

noun

a driver of mules.

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Origin of muleteer

1530–40; < Middle French muletier, equivalent to mulet (see mule¹, -et) + -ier -ier²; see -eer

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Examples from the Web for muleteer

The only person who found fault with the romance was a muleteer, nicknamed Barrabas.
The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes|Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Then I blew his hat over the edge, but he was as good a mountaineer as muleteer, and readily climbed down the steep side after it.
Patraas|R. H. Busk
From this arrhé, of Arabic origin, is derived the word arriero, a muleteer.
The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2]|George Borrow
A muleteer leading a heavily laden animal drew his beast into the ditch, and leapt into the middle of the road.
Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories|Henry Seton Merriman

The arriero (muleteer) brought water from a spring in the hollow below us.
The Andes of Southern Peru|Isaiah Bowman

British Dictionary definitions for muleteer

muleteer

/ (ˌmjuːlɪˈtɪə) /

noun

a person who drives mules

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Word Origin and History for muleteer

muleteer

"mule driver," 1530s, from Middle French muletier, from mulet "mule," a diminutive formation replacing Old French mul as the word for "mule" in French (see mule (n.1)).