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Sumpter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A horse that carries clothes or furniture; a baggage-horse; usually called a pack-horse.

Sumpter [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule.

Sumpter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The driver of a pack horse.

2. A pack; a burden.

3. An animal, especially a horse, that carries packs or burdens; a baggage horse.