English
Etymology
Old French sometier, from late Latin sagma, from Greek �αγμα �pack-saddle�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/'s�mpt�/
Noun
en-noun
- obsolete the driver of a packhorse
#*1605: Persuade me rather to be slave and sumpter / To this detested groom. � William Shakespeare, King Lear, II.ii
- a packhorse, a beast of burden
ru:sumpter
vi:sumpter
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