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- noun Plural form of
cameleer .
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Examples
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Afghan-Australian relations can be traced back to the 1860s when Afghan cameleers came to Australia.
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For half a century, the cameleers played a crucial role in the exploration and development of the Australian outback, ferrying supplies across the continent.
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Consequently we were compelled to send back four camels and two cameleers from our next camping-ground to the Kahafah.
The Land of Midian 2003
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Whilst in hard work he had been half-starved, the Jeráfín Bedawin of the neighbourhood having disappeared with their flocks; he had been terribly worried by the cameleers, and he had been at perpetual feud with the miserable quarrymen.
The Land of Midian 2003
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Granicki's note, but on the morning of the next day, when the wild man arrived at the head of six cameleers firing their rifles, Feliks and the others watched with amazement and delight as a team of eight gaily decorated camels drew a huge, improvised wagon through the palace gates, bearing inside a young couple who were obviously to be married at Lancut.
Poland Michener, James 1983
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A strange country, where the merchants spoke like princes and the princes like cameleers, and the
The Wind Bloweth Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne 1908
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A serious altercation then took place between the governor of Wochnee and the cameleers.
Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Late Emperor the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People Dr. Henri Blanc 1871
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As the cameleers were passing close to the village, on
Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Late Emperor the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People Dr. Henri Blanc 1871
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The cameleers, having unladen their camels, were going to depart, when a servant of one of the officers sent to receive us by his Majesty arrived.
Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Late Emperor the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People Dr. Henri Blanc 1871
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I can understand the difficulties the cameleers raised, as the road is exceedingly bad for camels, passing as it does over two high and steep mountains and across two narrow ravines densely overgrown with tall bamboos.
Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Late Emperor the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People Dr. Henri Blanc 1871
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