sutler

[ suht-ler ]

/ ˈsʌt lər /

noun

(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.

Origin of sutler

1580–90; <early Dutch soeteler (now zoetelaar), equivalent to soetel(en) to do dirty work, work poorly (akin to soot) + -er-er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM sutler

sut·ler·ship, noun

Words nearby sutler

Sutcliffe, Suth., Sutherland, Sutherland Falls, Sutlej, sutler, sutra, Sutta Pitaka, suttee, Sutter, Sutter's Mill

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for sutler

So they all gathered at the sutler's store, to celebrate events with a round of drinks.
Vanished Arizona|Martha Summerhayes
The credit a Sutler was obliged to give was often as long as a plea in chancery.
The Army Mule and Other War Sketches|Henry A. Castle
Paying over the money, the sutler would throw the cloth behind the box, and continue his trade with those in front.
History of Kershaw's Brigade|D. Augustus Dickert
Clavering, however, was not the man to remain a sutler very long.
Mrs. Darrell|Foxcroft Davis

We have a fighting strain in us ever since my kinsman followed Ireton's army as a sutler.
Micah Clarke|Arthur Conan Doyle

British Dictionary definitions for sutler

sutler

/ (ˈsʌtlə) /

noun

(formerly) a merchant who accompanied an army in order to sell provisions to the soldiers

Derived forms of sutler

sutlership, noun

Word Origin for sutler

C16: from obsolete Dutch soeteler, from Middle Low German suteler, from Middle High German sudelen to do dirty work; related to soot, seethe

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	sutler
释义	sutler [ suht-ler ] / ˈsʌt lər / noun (formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers. Origin of sutler 1580–90; <early Dutch soeteler (now zoetelaar), equivalent to soetel(en) to do dirty work, work poorly (akin to soot) + -er-er¹ OTHER WORDS FROM sutler sut·ler·ship, noun Words nearby sutler Sutcliffe, Suth., Sutherland, Sutherland Falls, Sutlej, sutler, sutra, Sutta Pitaka, suttee, Sutter, Sutter's Mill Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sutler So they all gathered at the sutler's store, to celebrate events with a round of drinks. Vanished Arizona\|Martha Summerhayes The credit a Sutler was obliged to give was often as long as a plea in chancery. The Army Mule and Other War Sketches\|Henry A. Castle Paying over the money, the sutler would throw the cloth behind the box, and continue his trade with those in front. History of Kershaw's Brigade\|D. Augustus Dickert Clavering, however, was not the man to remain a sutler very long. Mrs. Darrell\|Foxcroft Davis We have a fighting strain in us ever since my kinsman followed Ireton's army as a sutler. Micah Clarke\|Arthur Conan Doyle British Dictionary definitions for sutler sutler / (ˈsʌtlə) / noun (formerly) a merchant who accompanied an army in order to sell provisions to the soldiers Derived forms of sutler sutlership, noun Word Origin for sutler C16: from obsolete Dutch soeteler, from Middle Low German suteler, from Middle High German sudelen to do dirty work; related to soot, seethe Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看	nullify nulligravida nullipara nullipore nulli secundus nullity nullius filius nullius juris null method nullo null sequence null-space num. numantia numantian numa pompilius numazu numb numbat number number-cruncher number crunching numbered account number eight wire number is up, one's