A "victualer" is a supplier of victuals, a sutler, or, nautically, a supply ship. Primarily in British English, it refers to an innkeeper.
Un "victualer" es un proveedor de víveres, un vivandero o, en términos náuticos, un buque de suministros. Principalmente en inglés británico, es un mesonero.
| Front | victualer also victualler \VIT-l-uhr\ |
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| Back | noun 1. A supplier of victuals; a sutler. 2. Chiefly British. An innkeeper. 3. Nautical. A supply ship. "Philip Morris, whose Kraft General Foods is top Yankee victualer on the global scene, recorded $9.4 billion in food salesabroad last year." |
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