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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an innkeeper (especially British) [syn: victualer, victualler]
2: a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army [syn: sutler, victualer, victualler, provisioner]

Merriam Webster's

or victualer noun Date: 1514 1. one that provisions an army, a navy, or a ship with food 2. the keeper of a restaurant or tavern 3. an army or navy provision ship

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (US victualer) 1 a a person etc. who supplies victuals. b (in full licensed victualler) Brit. a publican etc. licensed to sell alcoholic liquor. 2 a ship carrying stores for other ships. Etymology: ME f. OF vitaill(i)er, vitaillour (as VICTUAL)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Victualer Vict"ual*er, n. [F. victuailleur.] [Written also victualler.] 1. One who furnishes victuals. 2. One who keeps a house of entertainment; a tavern keeper; an innkeeper. --Shak. 3. A vessel employed to carry provisions, usually for military or naval use; a provision use; a provision ship. 4. One who deals in grain; a corn factor. [Scot.] Licensed victualer. See under Licensed.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Tavern-keeper, inn-keeper, publican. 2. Provision-ship. 3. [Scotch.] Corn-factor.