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Definition of victualler noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

victualler

noun

/ˈvɪtlə(r)/

/ˈvɪtlər/

(also licensed victualler)

(British English, law)

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a person who is legally allowed to sell alcoholic drinks
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French vitaill(i)er, from vitaille, from late Latin victualia, neuter plural of Latin victualis, from victus ‘food’.

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