SUMPTER


Meaning of SUMPTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsəm(p)-tər ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, short for sompter hors, from sompter driver of a packhorse, from Anglo-French sumeter, from Vulgar Latin * sagmatarius, from Late Latin sagmat-, sagma packsaddle, from Greek; akin to Greek sattein to pack, stuff

Date: 15th century

: a pack animal

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