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cameleer|kæməˈlɪə(r)| Also camelier. [An analogical repr. of L. camēlārius: see -eer1.] A camel-driver; a cuirassier mounted on a camel.
1808A. Parsons Trav. Afr. iv. 76 The cameliers (men who attend, feed, load, and unload the camels). 1837De Quincey Revolt of Tartars (1862) IV. 148 A body of trained cameleers, that is cuirassiers mounted on camels. 1883Col. Warren in W. Besant Life Palmer xi. 309 Six of these cameleers were of the Aligât tribe. |