sutler
pronunciation
How to pronounce sutler in British English:
UK ['sʌtlə]
How to pronounce sutler in American English:
US ['sʌtlə]
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- Noun:
- a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
Word Origin
- sutler (n.)
- formerly also suttler, "person who follows an army to sell food to soldiers," 1580s, from Middle Dutch soeteler "small tradesman, peddler, victualer, camp cook" (Dutch zoetelaar), cognate with Middle Low German suteler, sudeler "person who performs dirty tasks," Middle High German sudelen "to cook badly," Middle Dutch soetelen "to cook badly." Probably also related to Dutch zieder, German sieden "to seethe," from Proto-Germanic *suth-, from PIE root *seut- "to seethe, boil" (see seethe).
Example
- 1. That plan is the reason sutler no longer trusts you .
- 2. Somebody run off with the sutler 's wife ?
- 3. Jim sutler and his donkey arrived at the wooded indian well about noon .
- 4. And then sutler will be forced to do the only thing he knows how to do .
- 5. The bill proposed by the undersecretary for defense , adam sutler .