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sumpter
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Sumpter may refer to: Places in the United States : Sumpter, Arkansas Sumpter, Oregon Sumpter, Texas , a ghost town Sumpter, Wisconsin , a town Sumpter Township, Cumberland County, Illinois Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan People : Barry Sumpter ...
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n. an animal such as a mule or burro or horse used to carry loads [syn: pack animal ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sumpter \Sump"ter\, n. [OF. sommetier the driver of a pack horse; akin to OF. & F. sommier a pack horse, L. sagmarius, fr. sagma a pack saddle, in LL., a load, Gr. ? a pack saddle, fr. ? to pack, load; cf. Skr. saj, sa[~n]j, to hang on. Cf. Seam a weight, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, "driver of a pack horse," from Old French sommetier "pack-horse driver," from Vulgar Latin *sagmatarius "a pack horse driver," from Late Latin sagmat- "a pack, burden," stem of sagma "packsaddle," from Greek sagma , probably related to sattein "to ...
Usage examples of sumpter.
De Aldithely and Josceline, mounted for their journey, going out at the postern gate at the head of the train of sumpter mules and attended by the band of serving-men and men-at-arms.
Sir Nigel rode in front with his squires, while the two archers followed behind with the sumpter mule between them.
Lieutenant Pandolfo will command them, the sumpters, and the remounts.
This done, they broke their fast on the remains of the spoils of war plundered from the sumpter mule, and drank of the brook that flowed from the fulling mills, without casting a look in that direction, in such loathing did they hold them for the alarm they had caused them.