ˈsətlə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: obsolete Dutch soeteler (now zoetelaar ), from Low German suteler, sudeler cook, sloppy cook, sloppy worker, from Middle High German sudelen to do sloppy work, to dirty; akin to Old High German siodan to seethe — more at seethe
: a provisioner to an army post especially when established in a shop on the post
sutler on the army post of frontier days before it had its own full-fledged quartermaster services — C.F.Kraenzel