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Webster 1913 Edition
Sumpter
Sump′ter
,Noun.
1.
The driver of a pack horse.
[Obs.]
Skeat.
2.
A pack; a burden.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
3.
An animal, especially a horse, that carries packs or burdens; a baggage horse.
Holinshed.
Sump′ter
,Adj.
Carrying pack or burdens on the back;
as, a
sumpter
horse; a sumpter
mule. Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sumpter
SUMP'TER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
sumpter
sumpter
English
Noun
sumpter (plural sumpters)
- (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
- A packhorse; a beast of burden.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holinshed to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A pack; a burden.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)
See also
-
sumpter in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.