sutler

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sut=ler

CIDE DICTIONARY

sutler, 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sutler, n. hist. a person following an army and selling provisions etc. to the soldiers.

Etymology

obs. Du. soeteler f. soetelen befoul, perform mean duties, f. Gmc

THESAURUS

sutler

caterer, chandler, commissariat, commissary, donor, furnisher, manciple, merchant, patron, provider, provisioner, purveyor, quartermaster, retailer, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, supplier, victualer, vivandier

ROGET THESAURUS

sutler

Provision

N provision, supply, grist, grist for the mill, subvention, resources, groceries, grocery, providing, purveyance, reinforcement, reenforcement, commissariat, provender, ensilage, viaticum, caterer, purveyor, commissary, quartermaster, manciple, feeder, batman, victualer, grocer, comprador, restaurateur, jackal, pelican, sutler, grocery shop, grocery store.

Merchant

N merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, salesman, changer, regrater, shopkeeper, shopman, tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk, retailer, chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler, pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus, sutler, vivandiere, costerman, costermonger, tallyman, camelot, faker, vintner, money broker, money changer, money lender, cambist, usurer, moneyer, banker, jobber, broker, buyer, seller, bear, bull, concern, firm.