victualers
Those providing provisions
Victualers are people who provide food and provisions.
The term historically referred to innkeepers, tavern owners, or merchants who supplied provisions to ships, armies, or travelers.
A licensed victualer in British usage was authorized to sell food and drink.
The word is old-fashioned; you're most likely to encounter it in historical contexts or period literature.
Also spelled victuallers.
Lodging establishment operator
- tavernPublic drinking establishment
- publicanKeeper of a tavern
- hostOne receiving guests
- alehouseDrinking establishment
restaurateur · maître d' · caterer · landlord · hostess · welcome · service · accommodation
One who transacts commercially
shopkeeper · retailer · wholesaler · distributor · stockist · marketplace · storefront · emporium
innkeeper
Lodging establishment operator
alehouse · restaurateur · maître d' · caterer · landlord · hostess · welcome · service · accommodation · guests
trader
One who transacts commercially
supplier · shopkeeper · retailer · wholesaler · distributor · stockist · marketplace · storefront · emporium · bazaar
supplies
Resources for a task
storehouse · granary · warehouse · depot · commissary · reserves · inventory · staples · rations · foodstuffs
victualersconsumers
Those who buy goods
eaters · diners · customers · buyers · purchasers
victualersstarvers
Those denied nourishment
hoarders · blockaders · besiegers · plunderers · pillagers