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sumpter
sumpter [ súmptər ] (plural sumpters)


noun 
Definition:
 
pack animal: a packhorse, mule, or other pack animal ( archaic )

[Late 16th century. < Old French sommetier 'packhorse driver' < late Latin sagmarius (see summer2)]
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