Sutler Definition

sŭtlər
sutlers
noun
sutlers
A person following an army to sell food, liquor, etc. to its soldiers.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Sutler

Noun

Singular:
sutler
Plural:
sutlers

Origin of Sutler

  • Obsolete Dutch soeteler from Low German sudeler, suteler from German sudeln to dirty from Middle High German sudelen

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Dutch soeteler (modern zoetelaar).

    From Wiktionary

Sutler Sentence Examples

  • We have a new sutler and he has such capital things.

  • And there," he pointed to a sutler's tent, "they crowd in and sit.

  • I bought a capital one from our sutler!

  • In the time of the Civil War, a sutler was a civilian that followed the soldiers selling them everything from hats and boots to butter and flour.

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