sumpter

Meanings

1. The driver of a packhorse.
2. A packhorse; a beast of burden.
3. A pack; a burden.

1. A surname originating as an occupation.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. An unincorporated community in Bradley County, Arkansas.
4. A township in Cumberland County, Illinois.
5. A township in Wayne County, Michigan.
6. A minor city in Baker County, Oregon.
7. A ghost town in Trinity County, Texas.
8. A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French sommetier (“pack-horse driver”), from Late Latin *sagmatarius, from Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma, “pack-saddle”).