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
He still needed a vessel to serve as victualler to the frigate in which he purposed to sail for England.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
For suppose you go to an ale-house with that base money, and the landlord gives you a quart for four of these half-pence, what must the victualler do?
From Political Pamphlets by Saintsbury, George
While still a child, his father, a victualler, died, and the family moved to London.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
Besides these, the bark Samuel of 180 tons accompanied as a victualler to Cape Verd.--E.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Kerr, Robert
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