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sump⋅ter

  [suhmp-ter]
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–noun
a packhorse or mule.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME sompter < OF sometier pack-horse driver < VL *saumatārius, equiv. to L sagmat- (s. of sagma; see summer 2 ) + -ārius -ary
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sump·ter   (sŭmp'tər)   
n.  A pack animal, such as a horse or mule.

[Middle English, driver of a packhorse, from Old French sometier, from Vulgar Latin *saumatārius, from Late Latin sagma, sagmat-, packsaddle, from Greek, from sattein, to pack.]
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sumpter 
c.1320, "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 c.1450 of horses and mules for carrying loads.
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