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JUMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jument mean?
• JUMENT (noun)
The noun JUMENT has 1 sense:
1. an animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work
Familiarity information: JUMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
beast of burden; jument
Hypernyms ("jument" is a kind of...):
work animal (an animal trained for and used for heavy labor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jument"):
pack animal; sumpter (an animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads)
Derivation:
jumentous (smelling strongly like a beast of burden)
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