sumpter

[ suhmp-ter ]
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noun
  1. a packhorse or mule.

Origin of sumpter

1
1275–1325; Middle English sompter<Old French sometier pack-horse driver <Vulgar Latin *saumatārius, equivalent to Latin sagmat- (stem of sagma;see summer2) + -ārius-ary

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How to use sumpter in a sentence

  • Sir Nigel rode in front with his squires, while the two archers followed behind with the sumpter mule between them.

    The White Company | Arthur Conan Doyle
  • They drove up to the door of Government House in their travelling equipage, saddle and sumpter horses following.

    Jasper Lyle | Harriet Ward

British Dictionary definitions for sumpter

sumpter

/ (ˈsʌmptə) /


noun
  1. archaic a packhorse, mule, or other beast of burden

Origin of sumpter

1
C14: from Old French sometier driver of a baggage horse, from Vulgar Latin sagmatārius (unattested), from Late Latin sagma packsaddle

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