Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muleteer

/ˌmjuːləˈtɪə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: mule-teer
IPA: /ˌmjuːləˈtɪə(ɹ)/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"This was a tender point with the muleteer; his honour was wounded when his mules were treated with disrespect, and he would have received a blow, perhaps, with more meekness."
"There was a muleteer to every donkey and a dozen volunteers beside, and they banged the donkeys with their goad-sticks, and pricked them with their spikes, and shouted something that sounded like "Sekki-yah!" and kept up a din and a racket that was worse than Bedlam itself."
"A guy is sitting on the lead mule. He's the muleteer, ...."

Etymology

From French muletier, from mulet (“mule”), with the spelling influenced by English mule + -eer.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: muletier

Inflected Forms

muleteers (plural)

Derived Forms

muleteering muletress

Synonyms

mule skinner mule driver skinner

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce muleteer?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmjuːləˈtɪə(ɹ)/.
What does muleteer mean?: A mule driver.
Where does muleteer come from?: It is traced to French.

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