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sumpter Definition

sump·ter (sump′tər)

noun

a pack animal

Etymology: ME sompter, pack horse, orig., driver of a pack horse < OFr sometier < LL *sagmatarius < LL sagma (gen. sagmatis), packsaddle: see summer

sumpter Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • cloth: Acting as a bedcover is a Mortlake tapestry sumpter cloth, which was woven for Ralph Montagu's ambassadorial processions to Versailles.

Browse dictionary entries near sumpter

  1. ‹ sump pump
  2. ‹ sump
  3. ‹ sumo (wrestling)
  4. ‹ sumo
  5. ‹ Sumner
  6. ‹ summum bonum (Latin)
  7. ‹ summum bonum
  8. ‹ summons
  9. ‹ summoned
  10. ‹ summon up
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