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vivandière
[ vee-vahn-dyair; French vee-vahn-dyer ]
noun
- a woman who formerly followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
vivandière
/ vivɑ̃djɛr /
noun
- (formerly) a female sutler or victualler offering extra provisions and spirits to soldiers, esp those of the French and British armies
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vivandière1
First recorded in 1845–50; from French vivandière, feminine of vivandier, from Italian (masculine) vivandiere “sutler”; viand ( def ), -ier 2
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vivandière1
C16: see viand
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Example Sentences
In 1986, in Trenton, N.J., he offered a memorable performance — exciting and precise — in the 19th-century French style in “La Vivandière.”
From New York Times
At the Opera Comique ‘La Vivandiere’ will be given, and at the Trianon Lyrique ‘The Daughter of the Regiment.’
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The latter were bestowed upon the French vivandière.
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"There's coolness for you, Tiernay," said the colonel; "think what the 22d are made of when their vivandiere dares to do this."
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By the way, is not this the regiment that boasts the pretty vivandiere?
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