Victualler

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title: "Victualler" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["food-service-occupations", "sales-occupations", "ships"] description: "Supplier of provisions for ships" topic_path: "general/food-service-occupations" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victualler" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Supplier of provisions for ships ::

A victualler (pronounced /ˈvɪt(ə)lə/) is traditionally a person who supplies food, beverages and other provisions for the crew of a vessel at sea.

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 century 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.

References

References

1. "victualler". [[Oxford University Press]].

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