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vivandière

[ vee-vahn-dyair; French vee-vahn-dyer ]

noun

  1. a woman who formerly followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.


vivandière

/ vivɑ̃djɛr /

noun

  1. (formerly) a female sutler or victualler offering extra provisions and spirits to soldiers, esp those of the French and British armies
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vivandière1

First recorded in 1845–50; from French vivandière, feminine of vivandier, from Italian (masculine) vivandiere “sutler”; viand ( def ), -ier 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vivandière1

C16: see viand
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Example Sentences

In 1986, in Trenton, N.J., he offered a memorable performance — exciting and precise — in the 19th-century French style in “La Vivandière.”

At the Opera Comique ‘La Vivandiere’ will be given, and at the Trianon Lyrique ‘The Daughter of the Regiment.’

The latter were bestowed upon the French vivandière.

By the way, is not this the regiment that boasts the pretty vivandiere?

"There's coolness for you, Tiernay," said the colonel; "think what the 22d are made of when their vivandiere dares to do this."

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