sumpter

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The driver of a packhorse. historical
    — Persuade me rather to be slave and sumpter / To this detested groom.
  2. A packhorse; a beast of burden. historical
    — the ancient vse of somers and sumpter horsses is in maner vtterlie relinquished
  3. A pack; a burden. obsolete
    — You should have had a Sumpter , tho' 'thad cost me The laying on myself

词形变化

sumpters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
sumpter horse
相关词
Sumpter in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

词源

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