sumpter

[ suhmp-ter ]

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noun

a packhorse or mule.

Origin of sumpter

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

TV and film star Tika sumpter on the film, her own dark skin, and breaking the color barrier, shade by shade.
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The sage Maester Luwin (Donald sumpter) serves the Starks of Winterfell, for example.
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Orangeburgh surrendered to the American Gen. sumpter; prisoners taken, 82.
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The 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 Hutton
I 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 Doyle
They drove up to the door of Government House in their travelling equipage, saddle and sumpter horses following.
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British Dictionary definitions for sumpter

sumpter

/ (ˈsʌmptə) /

noun

archaic a packhorse, mule, or other beast of burden

Origin of sumpter

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

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