sutler

A noun referring to a person who follows an army and sells provisions, food, or other supplies to the soldiers.

• 🇩🇪Person, die einer Armee folgt und Soldaten mit Lebensmitteln, Proviant oder anderen Waren versorgt.

1. Army supplier C2 formal

   A person who follows an army and sells provisions, food, and other goods to soldiers.

   • The sutler set up his tent near the camp to sell bread and ale.
   • During the war, sutlers were essential for providing supplies to troops.
   • The sutler's wagon was always surrounded by soldiers looking for tobacco.

   🇩🇪Marketender

   Synonyme: camp followerprovisionerpurveyorvictualler

• sutlers plural form
• sutlers' possessive plural form
• sutler's possessive singular form