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Sumpter

//ˈsʌmptə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Bradley County, Arkansas. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Cumberland County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Wayne County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Baker County, Oregon. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Trinity County, Texas. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    The driver of a packhorse. historical

    "Persuade me rather to be slave and sumpter / To this detested groom."

  2. 2
    an animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads wordnet
  3. 3
    A packhorse; a beast of burden. historical

    "the ancient vse of somers and sumpter horsses is in maner vtterlie relinquished"

  4. 4
    A pack; a burden. obsolete

    "You should have had a Sumpter , tho' 'thad cost me The laying on myself"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English sumpter (“carrier, or driver of pack animals”).

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