sutler : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sutler	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sutler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sutler n a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army [syn: sutler, victualer, victualler, provisioner]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sutler \Sut"ler\, n. [D. zoetelaar, OD. soetelaar, a small trader, especially in camps, fr. soetelen to undertake low offices; cf. G. sudeln to do dirty work, to sully, soil, E. suds.] A person who follows an army, and sells to the troops provisions, liquors, and the like.