Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sutler"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sutler
n : a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army [syn: {victualer},
{victualler}, {provisioner}]
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