sutler

来自早期拼写形式 suttler,军中小贩，随军贩卖食物的人，最终来自 PIE*seut,煮沸，沸腾， 词源同 seethe,沸腾，翻滚，生闷气。

sutler (n.)

formerly also suttler, "person who follows an army to sell food to soldiers," 1580s, from Middle Dutch soeteler "small tradesman, peddler, victualer, camp cook" (Dutch zoetelaar), cognate with Middle Low German suteler, sudeler "person who performs dirty tasks," Middle High German sudelen "to cook badly," Middle Dutch soetelen "to cook badly." Probably also related to Dutch zieder, German sieden "to seethe," from Proto-Germanic *suth-, from PIE root *seut- "to seethe, boil" (see seethe).

1. Jim Sutler and his donkey arrived at the wooded Indian well about noon.

吉姆·夏得乐和他的驴子中午左右来到树木繁茂的印地安水泉.

2. A supplier of victuals ; a sutler.

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