VIVANDIÈRE Definition & Meaning

��Ի徱è��

[vee-vahn-dyair, vee-vahn-dyer]

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a woman who formerly followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.

��Ի徱è��

/ ��ɑ̃��ɛ�� /

(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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First recorded in 1845–50; from French ��Ի徱è��, feminine of vivandier, from Italian (masculine) vivandiere “s�ܳٱ��”; viand ( def. ), -ier ²

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C16: see _viand

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In 1986, in Trenton, N.J., he offered a memorable performance — exciting and precise — in the 19th-century French style in “La Vivandière.”

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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 ��Ի徱è��.

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By the way, is not this the regiment that boasts the pretty vivandiere?

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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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