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Definition of Sumpter
1. Noun. An animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads.
Definition of Sumpter
1. n. The driver of a pack horse.
2. a. Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule.
Definition of Sumpter
1. Noun. (obsolete) the driver of a packhorse ¹
2. Noun. a packhorse, a beast of burden ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sumpter
1. a pack animal [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sumpter
Literary usage of Sumpter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft (1874)
"sumpter passed the Broad river, formed a junction with Clark and Brennan., and
threatened Ninety-Six. Tarleton was therefore suddenly recalled from the ..."
2. History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan by Silas Farmer (1890)
"MILO ELWELL is a native of sumpter, being born in that town Feb. ... He with his
wife still reside in sumpter. Milo married Miss^Mary A., daughter of John ..."
3. Select Pleas in the Court of Admiralty by Great Britain High Court of Admiralty, Reginald Godfrey Marsden (1894)
"sumpter. ....... 4. Item . . . the sayde Leonard sumpter ... (The ship would have
been lost if she had not been salved by sumpter. ..."
4. The Pictorial History of the United States of America: From the Discovery by by John Frost (1849)
"The indefatigable sumpter, after the dispersion of his corps by Tarleton in
August, soon raised a band of volunteers, and kept the field in South Carolina, ..."
5. American Annual Register edited by Joseph Blunt (1833)
"THOMAS sumpter. June 1, 18'32.—At his residence, South-Mount, South-Carolina, Gen.
Thomas sumpter, aged 97. Gen. sumpter was a native of Virginia. ..."
6. Select Pleas in the Court of Admiralty by Great Britain High Court of Admiralty, Reginald Godfrey Marsden (1894)
"Item . . . the sayde Leonardo sumpter ... (The ship would have been lost if she
had not been salved by sumpter. ..."
7. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"Married—Henry sumpter and Catherine Davies : St. Geo. Han. ... Several entries
concerning the family of sumpter are thus found in the Prestbury registers, ..."
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