victualer
victualer is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who keeps a house of entertainment; a tavern keeper; an innkeeper. Shak.
- 2.A vessel employed to carry provisions, usually for military or naval use; a provision use; a provision ship.
- 3.One who deals in grain; a corn factor. [Scot.] Licensed victualer. See under Licensed.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- against
- aid
- arm
- back
- batman
- beat
- cater
- caterer
- commissariat
- commissary
- comprador
- day
- due
- economy
- ensilage
- fall
- feed
- feeder
- fill
- find
- food
- foot
- for
- forage
- furnish
- good
- grist
- grocer
- grocery
- hand
- have
- jackal
- keep
- lay
- make
- manciple
- merchant
- mill
- one
- pelican
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is victualer.
- What is one who keeps a house of entertainment; a tavern keeper; an innkeeper. Shak called?
- What is a vessel employed to carry provisions, usually for military or naval use; a provision use; a provision ship called?
- What is one who deals in grain; a corn factor. [Scot.] Licensed victualer. See under Licensed called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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