sutlership
lər noun
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
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| (formerly) a merchant who accompanied an army in order to sell provisions to the soldiers | |
| [C16: from obsolete Dutch soeteler, from Middle Low German suteler, from Middle High German sudelen to do dirty work; related to | |
| 'sutlership | |
| —n | |
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| sutler (ˈsʌtlə) | |
| —n | |
| (formerly) a merchant who accompanied an army in order to sell provisions to the soldiers | |
| [C16: from obsolete Dutch soeteler, from Middle Low German suteler, from Middle High German sudelen to do dirty work; related to | |
| 'sutlership | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
sutler
"person who follows an army to sell food to soldiers," 1590, from M.Du. soeteler "small tradesman, sutler, camp cook" (Du. zoetelaar), cognate with M.L.G. suteler, sudeler "person who performs dirty tasks," M.H.G. sudelen "to cook badly," M.Du. soetelen "to cook badly." Probably related to Du. zieder,
Ger. sieden "to seethe" (see seethe).
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