Victualler
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A victualler is traditionally a person who supplies for the crew of a ship food, beverages and other provisions on a vessel at sea. [1]
There are a number of other more particular uses of the term, such as:
- The official supplier of food to the Royal Navy in the 18th and 19th century was the Victualling Board. A victualler was a supply ship at the time.
- An alternative term for a sutler, a person who sells provisions to an army.
- A licensed victualler, a formal name for the landlord of a public house or similar licensed establishment.
- In Ireland, victualler is a term for a butcher.
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