Complete Definition of "sumpter"

English

Etymology
Old French sometier, from late Latin sagma, from Greek �αγμα �pack-saddle�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'s�mpt�/

Noun
en-noun

  1. obsolete the driver of a packhorse

#*1605: Persuade me rather to be slave and sumpter / To this detested groom. � William Shakespeare, King Lear, II.ii

  1. a packhorse, a beast of burden

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