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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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victualler

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

After several attempts to sail, the weather obliged us to continue in our old station till Saturday the 17th, when the Prince Frederick victualler sailed for Falkland's Island, and the master returned from his expedition.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 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 Robert Kerr

They were spending a good deal of money now, but Ray jousted the landlord, the victualler, the furrier, the milliner, the hosiery maker, valiantly and still came off the victor.

From Gigolo by Edna Ferber

The thrushes and blackbirds and wood-pigeons will find a new victualler.

From Jonah and Co. by Dornford Yates

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 Robert Kerr

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