See Also: victualler(dictionary)

victualler (iou)



victualler noun. Also *victualer. LME.
[Old French vitaill(i)er, -our, from vitaille: see VICTUAL noun, -ER2.]
A supplier of victuals; spec. (a) a person whose business is the provision of food and drink; (b) = licensed victualler s.v. LICENSED adjective 2. LME.
spec.
a. A person who supplies, or undertakes to supply, an army with provisions; a sutler. LME.
b. Orig., a person who undertook to victual a trading vessel in return for a share in the profits. Later, a person who supplies a ship or navy with stores. LME.
A ship employed to carry stores for a fleet or for troops overseas. LME.