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sumpter
sump·ter [ súmptər ] (plural sump·ters)


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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