muleteer

[myoo-luh-teer]

noun

a driver of mules.

Origin of muleteer

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

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Historical Examples of muleteer

And he slept in the temple, in the portico thereof, as sound as a muleteer.
The Book of Khalid
Ameen Rihani
He becomes a muleteer and accomplishes the success of which we have spoken.
The Book of Khalid
Ameen Rihani
Khalid proceeds with his allegory of the Muleteer and the Pack-Mule.
The Book of Khalid
Ameen Rihani
Garcia will have a suit of muleteer's clothes for you, and you can change at once.
Under Wellington's Command
G. A. Henty
I travelled with a muleteer, who did all the talking that was necessary.
Under Wellington's Command
G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for muleteer

muleteer

noun

a person who drives mules

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Word Origin and History for 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)).