sumpter mule

  • 1Sumpter — Sump ter, a. Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule. Bacon. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2mule — Synonyms and related words: Cape Colored, Eurasian, Siberian husky, ass, bastard, beast of burden, bigot, bitter ender, bullethead, camel, cattalo, citrange, cross, crossbred, crossbreed, diehard, dogmatist, donkey, draft animal, dromedary,… …

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  • 3sumpter — Synonyms and related words: Siberian husky, ass, beast of burden, bidet, camel, carriage horse, cart horse, cavalry horse, draft animal, draft horse, dray horse, driving horse, dromedary, elephant, fill horse, filler, gigster, hack, hackney,… …

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  • 4sumpter — n. archaic 1 a packhorse. 2 any pack animal (sumpter mule). Etymology: ME f. OF som(m)etier f. LL f. Gk sagma atos pack saddle: cf. SUMMER(2) …

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  • 5sumpter — /sump teuhr/, n. a packhorse or mule. [1275 1325; ME sompter < OF sometier pack horse driver < VL *saumatarius, equiv. to L sagmat (s. of sagma; see SUMMER2) + arius ARY] * * * …

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  • 6sumpter — sump·ter || sÊŒmptÉ™(r) n. packhorse, mule …

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  • 7Sumpter — Packhorse, pony, mule or other animal …

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  • 8sumpter — sump•ter [[t]ˈsʌmp tər[/t]] n. agr. a packhorse or mule • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME sompter &LT; OF sometier pack horse driver &LT; VL *saumatārius= L sagmat (s. of sagma; see summer II) + ārius ary …

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  • 9camel — Synonyms and related words: Cape elk, Siberian husky, Virginia deer, antelope, ass, beast of burden, buck, camelopard, caribou, deer, deerlet, doe, draft animal, dromedary, eland, elephant, elk, fallow deer, fawn, gazelle, giraffe, gnu, hart,&#8230; …

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  • 10dromedary — Synonyms and related words: Cape elk, Siberian husky, Virginia deer, antelope, ass, beast of burden, buck, camel, camelopard, caribou, deer, deerlet, doe, draft animal, eland, elephant, elk, fallow deer, fawn, gazelle, giraffe, gnu, hart,&#8230; …

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