1) Obsolete occupation
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/vivandière
Vivandière or Cantinière is a French name for women attached to military regiments as sutlers or canteen keepers. Their actual historic function of selling wine to the troops and working in canteens led to the adoption of the name `cantinière` which came to supplant the original ‘vivandière` starting in 1793, but the use of both terms was......
Found on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivandière
• (n.) In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler.
Found on
http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/vivandiere/
Vi`van`dière' noun [ French See
Viand .] In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler.
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/32
No exact match found.
