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Definition of Sumpters
1. sumpter [n] - See also: sumpter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sumpters
Literary usage of Sumpters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"Fr. mulet, " a. great mule ; a beast much used in France for the carriage of
sumpters," &c. .... sumpters ..."
2. Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive by United States Congress. Senate (1880)
"That before this the sumpters bad peti- •umed, pleaded, requested, and need all
the moneyed influence at their command with- ••iit avail. ..."
3. Publications by Hampshire Record Society, Winchester, Winchester Hampshire Record Society, Queensland Palaeontographical Society (1897)
"For the chamber, five sumpters and five grooms. Sir J[ohn] de Sandale,2 one horse.
... For pantry and buttery, two sumpters and two grooms. ..."
4. The South Carolina Historical Magazine by South Carolina Historical Society (1906)
"sumpters Reg', is promoted to be Cap', in the Same and is to be Obey'd and
Respected according Lieu", ..."
5. South Carolina Historical Magazine by South Carolina Historical Society (1906)
"sumpters Reg', is promoted to be Cap', in the Same and is to be Obey'd and
Respected according Lieu", ..."
6. The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis: With Notes Adapted to the by Xenophon, Morris Hicky Morgan (1896)
"39. The baggage-train of the Ten Thousand was of formidable dimensions. Wagons »and
sumpters carried the tents and much personal property of the soldiers ..."
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