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victualler

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Victualer  \Vict"ual*er\,  n.  [F.  victuailleur.]  [Written  also 
  {victualler}.] 
  1.  One  who  furnishes  victuals. 
 
  2.  One  who  keeps  a  house  of  entertainment;  a  tavern  keeper; 
  an  innkeeper.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  A  vessel  employed  to  carry  provisions,  usually  for 
  military  or  naval  use  a  provision  use  a  provision  ship. 
 
  4.  One  who  deals  in  grain;  a  corn  factor.  [Scot.] 
 
  {Licensed  victualer}.  See  under  {Licensed}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  victualler 
  n  1:  an  innkeeper  (especially  British)  [syn:  {victualer}] 
  2:  a  supplier  of  victuals  or  supplies  to  an  army  [syn:  {sutler}, 
  {victualer},  {provisioner}]




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