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muleteer|mjuːlɪˈtɪə(r)|
Forms: 6 mulitar, mewlyter, moyleteer, muletour, muletteer, -oure, 6–7 muletor, mulet(t)er, muletto(u)r, 7 mulateer, -ier, mulet(t)ier, muliter, 7–8 muliteer, -ier, 8– muleteer.
[a. F. muletier (= Sp. muletero, mulatero, Pg. mulateiro, It. mulattero), f. mulet: see mulet and -eer1.]
A mule-driver.
1538Acc. Ld. Treas. Scotl. (1905) VI. 404 Mulitaris. 1540–1Elyot Image Gov. (1556) 51 b, A horse keper and a mulettour. 1549Chaloner Erasm. on Folly P j b, Do you judge they coulde easily fynde in theyr hertes that..so many moyleteers..shoulde have cause to crie on theim? 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iii. ii. 68 Base Muleters of France. 1645Evelyn Diary 11 Apr., On May-day the greate procession of the Universitie and the Mulatiers at St. Antonie's. 1692R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxvii. (1694) 451 It far'd worse here with the State-Ass than with the Muletiers. 1780Cowper Progr. Err. 541 The creature is so sure to kick and bite A muleteer's the man to set him right. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain i. 16 The muleteers, the ‘arrieros’ of Spain form a class of themselves.
Hence (irreg.) ˈmuletress, a female muleteer.
1867Howells Ital. Journ. 120 The muletresses chosen were a matron of mature years [etc.]. |