cameleer

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cam·el·eer

(kăm′ə-lîr′)

A person who drives or rides a camel.

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cameleer

(ˌkæmɪˈlɪə)

a camel-driver

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cam•el•eer

(ˌkæm əˈlɪər)

n.

a camel driver.

[1800–10]

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So these types of rocks are named "cameleer mountains." You can see related rocks in Bitlis, Agri, Karayazi-Erzurum, Igdir, Mardin and Sivrice Elazig (Zekeriya 1992, 66).

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Kamilieri, kalimera.] ('Good morning, cameleer. Cameleer, good morning').

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Fortunately for the others on that same lonely bitumen, he gave up drinking and driving big rigs, preferring to cameleer in the Northern Territory.

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1993 'Sahanna--a precis of Gus Bottril's notes on Sahanna, "Afghan" squatter, cameleer and sandalwooder of Moonlight Valley, East Kimberley, WA'.

Turning Aboriginal--historical bents

Formal bilateral relations date back to Pakistan's creation, but ties go back to the 1800s when cameleers from Balochistan helped open up Australia's Outback.

Australian envoy urges Pakistan, India to refrain from endangering region's security

"And the cameleers started to make their camels fight" in the places they stopped at in the region, Erturk said.

Into the arena for camel wrestling in Turkey

Art from this region represents a unique heritage in Australia, with the relics of the Macassan Traders of Northern Australia and the Afghan Cameleers of Central Australia serving as the most celebrated of Australian Islamic legacies.