SUMPTER

n. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The driver of a pack horse. [Obs.] Skeat.

2.
n.

A pack; a burden. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

3.
n.

An animal, especially a horse, that carries packs or burdens; a baggage horse. Holinshed.

4.
a.

Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule. Bacon.


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