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victualler

UK /ˈvɪtlə(ɹ)/noun

victualler is a noun meaning “A supplier of victuals or supplies to an army” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-C-T-U-A-L-L-E-R, and it appears about once in every 45 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of victualler is victuallers.

What does victualler mean?

noun

  1. 1

    A supplier of victuals or supplies to an army.

  2. 2

    UKAn innkeeper.

  3. 3

    ScotlandOne who deals in grain; a corn factor.

  4. 4

    A supply ship.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce victualler?

  • UK /ˈvɪtlə(ɹ)/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of victualler

  • victuallers plural
  • victualer

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is victualler?

Victualler appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does victualler come from?

From Middle English vitailler, from Old French vitaillier; equivalent to victual + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).