- a variation of victualer.
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
Example Sentences
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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
He was growing rich, for among other trades he was a licensed victualler, owned Nelly's Coffee-house, and obtained the lucrative monopoly of supplying wines to prisoners.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
Where the agent was victualler, he naturally desired to make what he could out of his contract; and hence arose frequent complaints from the seamen as to both the quantity and quality of their food.
From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert
One vessel, the little George Noble of London, a victualler, stood by the Revenge, offering help before the fight began.
From Elizabethan Sea Dogs by Wood, William Charles Henry
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
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