sumpter
a packhorse or mule.
Origin of sumpter
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TV and film star Tika sumpter on the film, her own dark skin, and breaking the color barrier, shade by shade.
‘Dark Girls’: OWN Documentary Spotlights Skin Color | Tika Sumpter | June 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe sage Maester Luwin (Donald sumpter) serves the Starks of Winterfell, for example.
Orangeburgh surrendered to the American Gen. sumpter; prisoners taken, 82.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThe brothers answered 'Yes,' and that in very truth it was for him that they asked for the sumpter beast.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonI have carried all that I had into France in a wallet, and it hath taken four sumpter-mules to carry it back again.
The White Company | Arthur Conan Doyle
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 DoyleThey 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
/ (ˈsʌmptə) /
archaic a packhorse, mule, or other beast of burden
Origin of sumpter
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