Meaning of Sumpter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname originating as an occupation.
   countable, uncountable
2. The driver of a packhorse.
   historical
3. A number of places in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
4. An unincorporated community in Bradley County, Arkansas.
   countable, uncountable
5. A packhorse; a beast of burden.
   historical
6. A township in Cumberland County, Illinois.
   countable, uncountable
7. A pack; a burden.
   obsolete
8. A township in Wayne County, Michigan.
   countable, uncountable
9. A minor city in Baker County, Oregon.
   countable, uncountable
10. A ghost town in Trinity County, Texas.
    countable, uncountable
11. A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Persuade me rather to be slave and sumpter / To this detested groom.”

“the ancient vse of somers and sumpter horsses is in maner vtterlie relinquished”

“The Bishop of Orange was watching carefully as men stored his papers in a cart, the King's steward and Despenser's bottler were stalking about among the wagons and sumpter horses ensuring that all was packed, while clerks of the various departments of state were hurrying about, squeaking at men who looked as though they might drop a chest or misstore a box in the wrong wagon, and generally getting in the way of everyone else while making themselves thoroughly miserable at the same time.”

“You should have had a Sumpter , tho' 'thad cost me The laying on myself”

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