camel driver

English

Alternative forms

• camel-driver

Noun

camel driver (plural camel drivers)

1. One whose occupation is to direct, handle and care for camels, especially as a part of a caravan travelling long distances.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     "Yes, psychic power in its varied manifestations is found in humble quarters, but surely that has been its main characteristic from the beginning - fishermen, carpenters, tent-makers, camel drivers, these were the prophets of old."

Translations

one who is in charge of camels

• Arabic: جَمَّال (ar) m (jammāl), جَمَّالَة f (jammāla)
• Dutch: kameeldrijver m, kameeldrijfster f
• French: chamelier (fr) m, chamelière (fr) f
• German: Kameltreiber (de) m, Kameltreiberin f
• Italian: cammelliere m
• Ottoman Turkish: دوه‌جی (deveci)
• Persian: ساربان (fa) (sârebân)
• Polish: wielbłądnik (pl) m
• Swedish: kamelskötare, kameldrivare
• Turkish: deveci (tr) sg