Muletier

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person whose job is to drive, lead or look after mules, especially when they carry goods along a road or track
2. Someone who tends and guides pack mules, often working on mountain paths or trade routes with loads
3. The driver of a mule team, responsible for managing the animals as they haul cargo or travellers over rough ground

Etymology: A muleteer is someone who drives mules. The spelling "muletier" is the French form the English word was taken from. It combines the French noun "mulet", meaning mule, with the suffix "-ier", which marks a person connected with something. French inherited this suffix from Latin "-arius". The mule itself comes from Latin "mulus" (feminine "mula"), so the word passed from Latin into French and then into English. English later spelled the suffix "-eer", which is how "muleteer" looks today.

Synonyms: muleteer