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English : occupational name for a carrier, from Middle English sum(p)ter ‘(driver of a) pack animal’.
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English and German : from Middle English sum(m)er, Middle High German sumer ‘summer’, hence a nickname for someone of a warm or sunny disposition, or for someone associated with the season of summer in some other way.English : assimilated variant of Sumner.English : assimilated variant of Sumpter.Irish (Leinster and Munster) : Anglicization (part translation) of Gaelic Ó Samhraidh ‘descendant of Samhradh’, a byname meaning ‘summer’. The Gaelic name is also Anglicized as O’Sawrie, O’Sawra.German : from Middle High German summer ‘woven basket’ and, by extension, a measure of grain; also ‘drum’, hence a metonymic occupational name or nickname from any of these senses.
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English : variant of Sumpter.Fort Sumter, SC, was named in honor of Thomas Sumter, known as the ‘Gamecock of the Revolution’ for the fear he inspired in the British and Tory forces and the pivotal role he played in key American victories. Born in 1734 near Charlottesville, VA, he was of Welsh heritage; his ancestors probably emigrated to America in the late 17th century.
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n.
An animal, especially a horse, that carries packs or burdens; a baggage horse.
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A pack; a burden.
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Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule.
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The driver of a pack horse.