sumpter
Example Sentences
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This was a number of wagoners and sumpter boys, whom Robert had collected; and having supplied them with military standards, gave them the appearance at a distance of a formidable body.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. by David Hume
"Pardon, my Prince," said I, "but all the apparel I have is upon my sumpter horse, which comes in the train of the Princess."
From Red Axe by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
We started, my uncouth guide sitting tailor-fashion on the sumpter mule, upon the baggage.
From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
Next came a long train of sumpter mules, with the Princess's baggage, and that of her attendants.
From Tales From Scottish Ballads by Allan Stewart
The brothers answered 'Yes,' and that in very truth it was for him that they asked for the sumpter beast.
From Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Edward Hutton
