Sumter

American  

[suhm-ter, suhmp-] / ˈsʌm tər, ˈsʌmp- /

noun

1. a city in central South Carolina.

2. Fort Sumter.

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Sumter British  

/ ˈsʌmtə /

noun

1. See Fort Sumter

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Example Sentences

Both days will offer two stakes races; Monday’s highlight is the $200,000 Joe Hernandez, which includes Motorious and Sumter, who were 1-2 in the race last year, and Imagination, last month’s Breeders’ Cup Sprint runner-up who will be racing on turf for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times

Since Smuss spoke German, he was taken outside to work in a factory repairing and repainting helmets, he recounted in a video recorded for the Sumter Museum in the US in 2022.

From BBC

That is why a Confederate army began the war on April 12, 1861, attacking Fort Sumter, a U.S.

From Slate

“Our state needs leaders who will fight for equity, opportunity, and dignity for all, not those who rely on empty gestures to mask the absence of meaningful policy and progress,” Sumter said.

From Salon

At South Carolina’s Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, flagged titles focused on the history of slavery, including books like Harriet A. Jacobs’ “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and the essay collection “Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff on American Memory.”

From Salon