Answer: sutler

AnswerCrossword Clue
SUTLERArmy follower selling provisions and liquors.
SUTLERArmy follower who sells provisions to soldiers.
SUTLERArmy caterer.
SUTLERVivandier.
SUTLERMerchant to an army
SUTLERProvisioner to an army post.
SUTLERSupplier to an army
sutlerone who peddles goods to soldiers
sutler(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers