sumpter

(sumptər)

noun

a pack animal

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

See sumpter in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A pack animal, such as a horse or mule.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, driver of a packhorse

Origin: , from Old French sometier

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *saumatārius

Origin: , from Late Latin sagma, sagmat-, packsaddle

Origin: , from Greek

Origin: , from sattein, to pack

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