sumpter

[ suhmp-ter ]

noun

1. a packhorse or mule.

sumpter

/ ˈsʌmptə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sumpter¹

1275–1325; Middle English sompter < Old French sometier pack-horse driver < Vulgar Latin *saumatārius, equivalent to Latin sagmat- (stem of sagma; summer ² ) + -ārius -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of sumpter¹

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

Example Sentences

TV and film star Tika Sumpter on the film, her own dark skin, and breaking the color barrier, shade by shade.

From The Daily Beast

The sage Maester Luwin (Donald Sumpter) serves the Starks of Winterfell, for example.

From The Daily Beast

Orangeburgh surrendered to the American Gen. Sumpter; prisoners taken, 82.

From Project Gutenberg

The brothers answered 'Yes,' and that in very truth it was for him that they asked for the sumpter beast.

From Project Gutenberg

I have carried all that I had into France in a wallet, and it hath taken four sumpter-mules to carry it back again.

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

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They drove up to the door of Government House in their travelling equipage, saddle and sumpter horses following.

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