sutler

Examples

• All

• No sutler shall presume to pitch his tent or to break any ground or build a hut, either within or without the lines, without first applying to Mr. Lesley, under penalty of having all their liquors stowed and their stores demolished.

  Academic text (2007)

• When the army camped for the night, the sutler came to sell fresh bread and other provisions.

• Is the sutler store open?

  Hostiles (2017)

• And tonight, if the sutler's store is still open...

  Fort Apache (1948)

• Did the sutlers sell only the more valuable supplies to the army and keep the cheapest things, and the soldiers' and officers' money, for themselves?

  Academic text (2007)

• These eighteenth-century sutlers were the private military contractors of their day; they had fine goods to sell and may have lived quite well.

  Academic text (2007)

• Mr. Colburn, Army sutler.

  Virginia City (1940)

• The commanding officers of each regiment now encamped at Fort Edward are to immediately appoint a sutler or a person to supply the regiment with necessary stores.

  Academic text (2007)

• The soldiers were grateful to the sutler, who provided them with much-needed supplies during the harsh winter.

• After marching all day, the troops eagerly lined up at the sutler's tent to buy warm meals and blankets.

Synonyms

P

provisioner

vssutler

1 7.9

A person or company that supplies food and goods to a large group, often an army

is an individual who follows armies and sells in camp, not an organized supplier

V

vivandière

vssutler

• Archaic

9.9

A woman who travels with soldiers to give them food and drink during a war

is wider, not limited to women or a specific historical period

V

victualer

vssutler

• Archaic

9.9

A person or company that supplies food for armies and ships

is a traveling camp seller who follows armies rather than a general supplier

Surface Forms

Etymology