Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A driver of mules.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mule-driver.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who drives mules.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
mule driver .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a worker who drives mules
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The muleteer was a son of Adam, I need not say a word more.
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The muleteer was a son of Adam, I need not say a word more.
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The muleteer is the general medium of traffic, and the legitimate traverser of the land, crossing the peninsula from the Pyrenees and the Asturias to the Alpuxarras, the Serrania de Ronda, and even to the gates of Gibraltar.
The Alhambra 2002
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The muleteer is the general medium of traffic, and the legitimate traverser of the land, crossing the peninsula from the Pyrenees and the Asturias to the Alpuxarras, the Serrania de Ronda, and even to the gates of Gibraltar.
The Alhambra 2002
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The muleteer is the general medium of traffic, and the legitimate traverser of the land, crossing the peninsula from the Pyrenees and the Asturias to the Alpuxarras, the
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 547, May 19, 1832 Various
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He raised his eyebrows in sardonic surprise; the muleteer must be a remarkable man, for this would be the fourth time he had graced Hulda's bed.
Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010
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Hulda's muleteer was as dense as a rock and possessed of very little wit, only one short step above absolute simpleton.
Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010
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"Hulda has retired to her chamber in the company of the muleteer I told you of, Majesty," the servant replied, in a voice carefully pitched so as not to carry beyond the immediate vicinity.
Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010
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"Louise Martin tells us that 'they did not know what to call the manipulator-actor back in that day,' and that Van Volkenburg, with some misgivings, hit on the word puppeteer following from the term for a mule-driver, a muleteer."
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"Louise Martin tells us that 'they did not know what to call the manipulator-actor back in that day,' and that Van Volkenburg, with some misgivings, hit on the word puppeteer following from the term for a mule-driver, a muleteer."
yarb commented on the word muleteer
Like a musketeer, but with a mule instead of a musket.
January 18, 2008
uselessness commented on the word muleteer
I first read that as mulleteer.
January 18, 2008
reesetee commented on the word muleteer
Wow. They must be hard to shoulder.
No, u, mulleteer is a person who advocates the absolute use of only one hairstyle that just...won't...die.
January 18, 2008
seanahan commented on the word muleteer
The original novel by Dumas was The Three Muleteers, but a clever editor decided to change it.
January 21, 2008
madmouth commented on the word muleteer
The mules that angels ride come slowly down
The blazing passes, from beyond the sun.
Descensions of their tinkling bells arrive.
These muleteers are dainty of their way.
Meantime, centurions guffaw and beat
Their shrilling tankards on the table-boards.
This parable, in sense, amounts to this:
The honey of heaven may or may not come,
But that of earth both comes and goes at once.
Suppose these couriers brought amid their train
A damsel heightened by eternal bloom.
-excerpt from "Monocle de Mon Oncle", Wallace Stevens
June 22, 2009