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Sutler
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Sutler has 1 sense
- sutler(n = noun.person) provisioner, victualer, victualler - a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army; Array is a kind of provider, supplier
CIDE DICTIONARY
Sutler, n. [D. zoetelaar, OD. soetelaar, a small trader, especially in camps, fr. soetelen to undertake low offices; cf. G. sudeln to do dirty work, to sully, soil, E. suds.].
A person who follows an army, and sells to the troops provisions, liquors, and the like. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Sutler, n. hist. a person following an army and selling provisions etc. to the soldiers.
Etymology
obs. Du. soeteler f. soetelen befoul, perform mean duties, f. Gmc
THESAURUS
Sutler
caterer, chandler, commissariat, commissary, donor, furnisher, manciple, merchant, patron, provider, provisioner, purveyor, quartermaster, retailer, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, supplier, victualer, vivandierROGET THESAURUS
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Provision
N provision, supply, grist, grist for the mill, subvention, resources, groceries, grocery, providing, purveyance, reinforcement, reenforcement, commissariat, provender, ensilage, viaticum, caterer, purveyor, commissary, quartermaster, manciple, feeder, batman, victualer, grocer, comprador, restaurateur, jackal, pelican, sutler, grocery shop, grocery store.Merchant
N merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, salesman, changer, regrater, shopkeeper, shopman, tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk, retailer, chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler, pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus, sutler, vivandiere, costerman, costermonger, tallyman, camelot, faker, vintner, money broker, money changer, money lender, cambist, usurer, moneyer, banker, jobber, broker, buyer, seller, bear, bull, concern, firm.
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