sumpter-horse

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• Sumpter — Sump ter, a. Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule. Bacon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sumpter — Synonyms and related words: Siberian husky, ass, beast of burden, bidet, camel, carriage horse, cart horse, cavalry horse, draft animal, draft horse, dray horse, driving horse, dromedary, elephant, fill horse, filler, gigster, hack, hackney,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• horse — Synonyms and related words: Al Borak, American trotter, Amytal, Amytal pill, Angora goat, Appaloosa, Arabian, Arctic fox, Barb, Barbary horse, Belgian, Belgian hare, Black Beauty, Caffre cat, Citation, Cleveland Bay, Demerol, Dolophine, French… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Sumpter — A packhorse; also the driver of a sumpter horse. This was the kind of horse used in great numbers in a *baggage train. Sumpter bears no relation to sumptuary. [< AnNor. sumer < Lat. sagmarius, sagmatarius = a saddle] Cf. Regalia …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• Sumpter — Sump ter, n. [OF. sommetier the driver of a pack horse; akin to OF. & F. sommier a pack horse, L. sagmarius, fr. sagma a pack saddle, in LL., a load, Gr. ? a pack saddle, fr. ? to pack, load; cf. Skr. saj, sa[ n]j, to hang on. Cf. {Seam} a weight …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sumpter — early 14c., driver of a pack horse, from O.Fr. sommetier, from V.L. *sagmatarius a pack horse driver, from L.L. sagmat a pack, burden, stem of sagma packsaddle, from Gk. sagma, probably related to sattein to pack, press, stuff. Used from mid 15c …   Etymology dictionary

• sumpter — [sump′tər] n. [ME sompter, pack horse, orig., driver of a pack horse < OFr sometier < LL * sagmatarius < LL sagma (gen. sagmatis), packsaddle: see SUMMER2] a pack animal …   English World dictionary

• Sumpter — Found recorded in the usual spellings of Sumpter and Sunter, the latter being the dialectal form, this ancient surname is occupational. It describes a driver of a pack horse train , and as such is an anglicised development of the Olde French… …   Surnames reference

• horse — n 1. equine, Sl. hoss, pony, Sl. critter, mount, steed, Literary. courser; outlaw, Sl. bronc, bronco, bucking bronco, Sl. sunfisher; mustang, cow pony, cutting horse, range horse, U.S. cayuse; galloper, racer, race horse, bangtail, stake horse;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• sumpter — /sump teuhr/, n. a packhorse or mule. [1275 1325; ME sompter < OF sometier pack horse driver < VL *saumatarius, equiv. to L sagmat (s. of sagma; see SUMMER2) + arius ARY] * * * …   Universalium

• sumpter — pack horse; beast of burden Unusual Animals …   Phrontistery dictionary