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Definition of victualler in English: victualler(US victualer) noun ˈvɪt(ə)ləˈvɪd(ə)lər 1British A person who is licensed to sell alcohol. Example sentencesExamples - And as every ‘victualer’ knows, you will certainly need a nifty name for your tacky tavern besides, ‘Stickey Wicket Pub’, ‘Waddling Dog’ or ‘Toad-in-the-Hole’ (which are already taken).
- The town's licensed victuallers said most districts had agreed to 10.30 ‘last orders’ especially in tourist areas and it would be a great boost for trippers.
- As a third generation licensed victualler (now retired) I have been following the saga of the Wheatley Hotel with a mixture of amusement and incredulity.
- He sells his questions by the dozen to licensed victuallers and is compiling an interactive quiz for the internet and CD-rom.
- Derek Haworth, former chairman of the licensed victuallers association, said: ‘We already have to pay both council and business tax?’
- For example, as Wright states, ‘in a peculiar use of gender-neutral language, the legislation consistently refers to ‘he’ or ‘she’ and ‘his’ and ‘her’ when speaking of the licensed victualler’.
- Part of the building became a licensed premises in 1729 when William Smith, victualler, and his wife Mary, purchased a garden at the rear of their home and erected a brewhouse on the site.
- Concerted action among the licensed victuallers themselves affords the most reasonable prospect of breaking down the objectionable practice, and many of them at their meeting a week ago showed a willingness to consent.
- Alongside commercial directories, they allow one to be much more specific about the specialisation of manufacturers and retailers classified as for example victuallers, confectioners, engineers or ironmongers.
- As early as 1 November 1858 Matthew and Robert Faulkner, who were licenced victuallers and cordial manufacturers in Adelaide, had to appear in the Court of Insolvency.
- The licensed victuallers recently held their annual banquet, whilst their ‘better halves’ and daughters were left out ‘again’.
2dated A person providing or selling food or other provisions. Example sentencesExamples - The profits from these activities provided work for an endless array of builders, carriage-makers, tailors, seamstresses, domestic servants, cab-drivers, and victuallers.
- He also noted that if the ‘chief victualler and the chief cook got on well the quality was good’.
- I was delighted with the country victualler terrine that came with two slices of fresh toast and mixed salad leaves.
- Bakers, victuallers, taverners, hostelers, and sometimes attorneys were disqualified from election as mayor or bailiff in the fifteenth century.
- The old shop was once a butcher's shop when the Henaghan family were the town's leading victuallers.
- A GAA county development officer, the former victualler surprised many when leaving the meat trade for a coaching role.
- Of the remaining half, only three were designated as labourers; the rest were artisans such as bakers, grocers, tailors, and victuallers.
- He lives by his wits, playing tricks on a niggardly old victualler and other gullible occupants of the camp, and gets whipped for his pains.
- 2.1 A ship providing supplies for troops or other ships.
Example sentencesExamples - The lines kept getting confused and each time the lighter thought it was freed it turned out to be the ropes of the victualler!
- It is perhaps a perception of this which led the Crown to reject a constructive proposal from the navy victuallers in 1638.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French vitaill(i)er, from vitaille (see victual). Definition of victualer in US English: victualer(British victualler) nounˈvɪd(ə)lərˈvid(ə)lər 1British A person who is licensed to sell alcoholic liquor. Example sentencesExamples - For example, as Wright states, ‘in a peculiar use of gender-neutral language, the legislation consistently refers to ‘he’ or ‘she’ and ‘his’ and ‘her’ when speaking of the licensed victualler’.
- The town's licensed victuallers said most districts had agreed to 10.30 ‘last orders’ especially in tourist areas and it would be a great boost for trippers.
- Part of the building became a licensed premises in 1729 when William Smith, victualler, and his wife Mary, purchased a garden at the rear of their home and erected a brewhouse on the site.
- He sells his questions by the dozen to licensed victuallers and is compiling an interactive quiz for the internet and CD-rom.
- As early as 1 November 1858 Matthew and Robert Faulkner, who were licenced victuallers and cordial manufacturers in Adelaide, had to appear in the Court of Insolvency.
- Derek Haworth, former chairman of the licensed victuallers association, said: ‘We already have to pay both council and business tax?’
- Concerted action among the licensed victuallers themselves affords the most reasonable prospect of breaking down the objectionable practice, and many of them at their meeting a week ago showed a willingness to consent.
- The licensed victuallers recently held their annual banquet, whilst their ‘better halves’ and daughters were left out ‘again’.
- Alongside commercial directories, they allow one to be much more specific about the specialisation of manufacturers and retailers classified as for example victuallers, confectioners, engineers or ironmongers.
- As a third generation licensed victualler (now retired) I have been following the saga of the Wheatley Hotel with a mixture of amusement and incredulity.
- And as every ‘victualer’ knows, you will certainly need a nifty name for your tacky tavern besides, ‘Stickey Wicket Pub’, ‘Waddling Dog’ or ‘Toad-in-the-Hole’ (which are already taken).
2dated A person providing or selling food or other provisions. Example sentencesExamples - A GAA county development officer, the former victualler surprised many when leaving the meat trade for a coaching role.
- I was delighted with the country victualler terrine that came with two slices of fresh toast and mixed salad leaves.
- The old shop was once a butcher's shop when the Henaghan family were the town's leading victuallers.
- He lives by his wits, playing tricks on a niggardly old victualler and other gullible occupants of the camp, and gets whipped for his pains.
- Of the remaining half, only three were designated as labourers; the rest were artisans such as bakers, grocers, tailors, and victuallers.
- The profits from these activities provided work for an endless array of builders, carriage-makers, tailors, seamstresses, domestic servants, cab-drivers, and victuallers.
- Bakers, victuallers, taverners, hostelers, and sometimes attorneys were disqualified from election as mayor or bailiff in the fifteenth century.
- He also noted that if the ‘chief victualler and the chief cook got on well the quality was good’.
- 2.1 A ship providing supplies for troops or other ships.
Example sentencesExamples - It is perhaps a perception of this which led the Crown to reject a constructive proposal from the navy victuallers in 1638.
- The lines kept getting confused and each time the lighter thought it was freed it turned out to be the ropes of the victualler!
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French vitaill(i)er, from vitaille (see victual). |