4 definitions found 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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