Examples of muleteer in a Sentence
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This section of the garment also has embroidery that is related to the important figure of the muleteer.
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Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2022
The year prior, Bingham had stumbled onto the ruins of Machu Picchu after following a tip from a local muleteer, as Lily Rothman reported for Time magazine in 2015.
—Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2021
Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2022
The year prior, Bingham had stumbled onto the ruins of Machu Picchu after following a tip from a local muleteer, as Lily Rothman reported for Time magazine in 2015.
—Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2021
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Word History
Etymology
French muletier, from mulet, mule, from Old French, diminutive of mul mule
First Known Use
1538, in the meaning defined above
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“Muleteer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muleteer. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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muleteer
noun
mu·le·teer
ˌmyü-lə-ˈti(ə)r 
: a driver of mules
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