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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sutler \Sut"ler\, 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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sutler
       n : a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army [syn: {victualer},
            {victualler}, {provisioner}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "sutler":
     caterer, chandler, commissariat, commissary, donor, furnisher,
     manciple, merchant, patron, provider, provisioner, purveyor,
     quartermaster, retailer, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper,
     supplier, victualer, vivandier
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SUTLER. A man whose employment is to sell provisions and liquor to a camp. 
       2. By the articles of war, art. 29, no sutler is permitted to sell any 
  kind of liquor or victuals, or to keep his house or shop open for the 
  entertainment of soldiers, after nine at night, or before the beating of the 
  reveillee, or upon Sundays during divine service or sermon, on penalty of 
  being dismissed all future sutling. And by art. 60, all sutlers are to be 
  subject to orders according to the rules and discipline of war. 
  
  

















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