1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini i. xxix. 50 I thought I should be baser then a Pack-bearer, if I did not arrogate unto my self the whole power of command.
1867 Aug. 217/1 The hostess provided me with a guide and pack-bearer, and I set out on foot.
1997 (Nexis) 7 Dec. b7 Stanley may think slavery is abhorent but he hardly treats his pack-bearers any differently than did other 19th-century white imperialists.