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• a variation of victualer.

victualler

British  

/ ˈvɪtlə, ˈvɪtələ /

noun

1. a supplier of victuals, as to an army; sutler

2. a licensed purveyor of spirits; innkeeper

3. a supply ship, esp one carrying foodstuffs

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Example Sentences

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

For suppose you go to an alehouse with that base money, and the landlord gives you a quart for four of these halfpence, what must the victualler do?

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters by Swift, Jonathan

Her bedding she had pawned with the victualler for food. 

From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Kelley, Florence

"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

But, about three in the afternoon, all speculations were ended by the unanimous persuasion that it was our victualler, the Anna pink.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert