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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
A surname originating as an occupation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bradley County, Arkansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Cumberland County, Illinois.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Wayne County, Michigan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Baker County, Oregon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Trinity County, Texas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The driver of a packhorse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A packhorse; a beast of burden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A pack; a burden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
an animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pack animal
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Broader terms: beast of burden, jument
Narrower terms: packhorse
History
From Middle English sumpter (“carrier, or driver of pack animals”).
From Middle English, from Old French sommetier (“pack-horse driver”), from Late Latin *sagmatarius, from Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma, “pack-saddle”).
