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sumpter

sump·ter

UK/ˈsʌmptə/ US/ˈsʌmptɜr/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

an animal such as a mule or burro or horse used to carry loads

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Origin

From Middle English, from Old French sommetier (“pack-horse driver”), from Late Latin *sagmatarius, from Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma, “pack-saddle”).

Phrases

  • sumpter horse
  • Sumpter in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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