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cameleer

[ kam-uh-leer ]

noun

  1. a camel driver.
  2. a soldier mounted on a camel.


cameleer

/ ˌæɪˈɪə /

noun

  1. a camel-driver
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cameleer1

First recorded in 1800–10; camel + -eer
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“The Furnace” follows the story of a young Afghan cameleer played by Egyptian actor Ahmed Malek, who is led astray from his friendship with local Aboriginal people by a shifty gold prospector.

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As a cameleer, Lurie rides with the Camel Corps across some of the country’s driest and most treacherous land.

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Reserved, simple, moody, his comrade Molla Abdullah was a disgruntled old cameleer with a limp.

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Born in the mountainous Tirah region, Gool had come to Australia as a cameleer.

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She has been on many treks with Harper, who has been a cameleer since 1995.

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