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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An animal, especially a beast of burden. obsolete

   "That men should feed on such a kinde of meat, / Which very juments would refuse to eat."

2. 2
   an animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

averbeast of burdenbeast of burdenbidetfillerhack

Example

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"That men should feed on such a kinde of meat, / Which very juments would refuse to eat."

Etymology

From Middle English jument, from Anglo-Norman jument or directly from Latin iūmentum.

Related phrases

beast of burden

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