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Crossing the Tibetan Plateau, my grandmother came upon great caravans miles long, and the muleteers offered her slices of raw yak meat.—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025 This section of the garment also has embroidery that is related to the important figure of the muleteer.—Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2022 The year prior, Bingham had stumbled onto the ruins of Machu Picchu after following a tip from a local muleteer, as Lily Rothman reported for Time magazine in 2015.—Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2021
Word History
Etymology
French muletier, from mulet, mule, from Old French, diminutive of mul mule
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