vi|van|dière

vi|van|dière
vi|van|dière «vee vahn DYEHR», noun.
a woman who formerly accompanied French regiments or Continental armies, selling food and liquor to the troops; sutler.
[< Middle French vivandière < Medieval Latin vivenda victuals, supplies; (literally) noun use of neuter plural gerundive of Latin vīvere to live. Compare etym. under viand. (Cf.viand)]

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