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Webster 1913 Edition


Vivandiere


Viˊvanˊdière′

,
Noun.
[F. See
Viand
.]
In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler.

Definition 2024


vivandiere

vivandiere

See also: vivandière

English

Noun

vivandiere (plural vivandieres)

  1. Alternative form of vivandière

Italian

Etymology

vivanda + -iere

Noun

vivandiere m (plural vivandieri)

  1. vivandier, sutler