packmule

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noun

A mule used as a pack animal.

OriginEnglish mule ← Middle English mule ← Old English mūl →
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Meanings

nounpackmule (plural packmules)

plural packmules · alternative pack-mule · alternative pack mule

  1. A mule used as a pack animal.
  2. figurativelyA person who is tasked with carrying a large amount of goods or luggage, especially for long distances and on behalf of another person.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*pakkô
  2. Proto-West Germanic*pakkō
  3. Old English*pæcca?
  4. Proto-West Germanic*pakkō
  5. Old Dutch*pakko
  6. Middle Dutchpakbor.?
  7. Middle Englishpak
  8. Englishpack
  9. Proto-Italic*musklos?
  10. Latinmūlus
  11. Latinmūla
  12. Anglo-Normanmule
  13. Latinmūlus
  14. Proto-West Germanic*mūl
  15. Old Englishmūl
  16. Middle Englishmule
  17. Englishmule
  18. Englishpackmule

From pack + mule.

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Translations

Dutch pakezel, lastezel
  • pakezelmule used as a pack animal
  • lastezelmule used as a pack animal
German Lastesel
  • Lasteselmule used as a pack animal
Portuguese burro de carga, burro de carga
  • burro de cargamule used as a pack animal
  • burro de cargaperson who carries many heavy items
  • burra de cargaperson who carries many heavy items
Spanish burro de carga
  • burro de cargamule used as a pack animal

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

plumcake
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APA

packmule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/packmule

MLA

“packmule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/packmule. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “packmule,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/packmule.

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