This week's theme: professions that exist mainly as surnames. sutler (SUT-luhr) noun
A merchant who follows an army to sell provisions to the soldiers. [From obsolete Dutch soeteler, from soetelen (to do menial work).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=sutler -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "There might have been a sutler or trader in the village who did business with the fort." Julie E. Greene; Fort Frederick Celebrates 250th Anniversary; Hagerstown Morning Herald (Maryland); May 25, 2006. Sponsors' Messages: Subscribe to http://delanceyplace.com -- a carefully selected non-fiction book excerpt free to your email each day. It's the thinking person's daily quote. Monthly French, German, Italian and Spanish cultural audio magazines for intermediate-to-advanced learners. http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith1 ............................................................................ If any kid ever realized what was involved in factory farming they would never touch meat again. I was so moved by the intelligence, sense of fun and personalities of the animals I worked with on 'Babe' that by the end of the film I was a vegetarian. -James Cromwell, actor (1940- ) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/sutler.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/sutler.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/sutler.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
