sutler

/suht-ler/US // ˈsʌt lər //UK // (ˈsʌtlə) //

苏特勒,苏特勒,苏特莱,苏特乐

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.

It was reported that he had once held the post of sutler in a regiment of Eastern troops.
So the name of a street has become the much-berated canteen of the sutler and the much needed canteen of the soldier.
Next to a Sutler, or a conceited, fresh young Aid, the soldiers always delighted to see a Wagonmaster get into trouble.
Frequently he walked some distance from the fort, going out towards the sutler's house, where he sometimes had business.
At last a fine day dawned, and shortly after noon Osceola saw from his hiding place two men approaching the sutler's house.