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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A month earlier he had written to the King that "unless some course" were taken with the victualler—viz.
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The magistrate arrived at twelve, yesterday, with a commissary from Villa Franca, who is to be our victualler during the quarantine.
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It is thus a social interest of the first importance which a prudent statesman makes a point of conciliating not less than he would the clergy, the lawyers, or even the licensed victuallers.
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He still needed a vessel to serve as victualler to the frigate in which he purposed to sail for England.
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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.
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