victualler
Britishnoun
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a supplier of victuals, as to an army; sutler
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a licensed purveyor of spirits; innkeeper
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a supply ship, esp one carrying foodstuffs
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It is known he was born in 1889, the son of licensed victualler Henry Haynes and his wife Elizabeth and had two brothers, Horace and James, and three sisters, Agnes, Florence and Connie.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2014
In short, the mechanics' institution had elevated him from the position of a licensed victualler to that of an engineer.
From Thrift by Smiles, Samuel
How is the poor landlord, or victualler to discover somebody else, who is neither lodger, stranger, nor traveller.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)
He could not part with her, however, till he had secured another vessel to act as tender, or victualler, to his little frigate.
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John
"The king, they say, hath a fairer word for the dames than for those stout hearts who won him his crown," said the victualler, seemingly conversant in the common rumours that were abroad.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John
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