{{Short description|Supplier of provisions for ships}} {{wikitionary}} A '''victualler''' (pronounced /ˈvɪt(ə)lə/)<ref name="LEXICO">{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/victualler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129201628/https://www.lexico.com/definition/victualler |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-11-29 |title=victualler |dictionary=Lexico UK English Dictionary |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> is traditionally a person who supplies food, beverages and other provisions for the crew of a vessel at sea.<ref name="LEXICO" />
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 centuries 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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Category:Food service occupations Category:Sales occupations Category:Ships