noun
Meaning 1
A mule driver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
muleteer
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Pronunciation
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/ˌmjuːləˈtɪə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
a worker who drives mules
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mule skinner, mule driver, skinner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
History
Etymology
From French muletier, from mulet (“mule”), with the spelling influenced by English mule + -eer.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُكَارٍ (mukārin) — mule driver
- Catalan: arrier — mule driver
- Catalan: traginer — mule driver
- Dutch: muildierdrijver — mule driver
- French: muletier — mule driver
- French: voiturier — mule driver
- French: transporteur — mule driver
- Galician: arrocheiro — mule driver
- Galician: arrieiro — mule driver
- Greek: αγωγιάτης (agogiátis) — mule driver
- Greek: μουλαράς (moularás) — mule driver
- Hungarian: öszvérhajcsár — mule driver
- Latin: mulio — mule driver
- Persian: مکاری (mokâri) — mule driver
- Polish: mulnik — mule driver
- Portuguese: almocreve — mule driver
- Portuguese: arrocheiro — mule driver
- Portuguese: arreeiro — mule driver
- Portuguese: muladeiro — mule driver
- Portuguese: azemel — mule driver
- Spanish: acemilero — mule driver
- Spanish: mulero — mule driver
- Spanish: arriero — mule driver
- Swedish: mulåsnedrivare — mule driver
- Walloon: moultî — mule driver
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