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vivandiere

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vi·van·dière  (vvä-dyâr)
n.
A woman who accompanies troops to sell them food, supplies, and liquor.
[French, feminine of vivandier, from Old French, alteration (influenced by Medieval Latin vvenda, provisions) of viandier, from viande, food; see viand.]


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In Petersburg and in the provinces at a distance from Moscow, ladies, and gentlemen in militia uniforms, wept for Russia and its ancient capital and talked of self-sacrifice and so on; but in the army which retired beyond Moscow there was little talk or thought of Moscow, and when they caught sight of its burned ruins no one swore to be avenged on the French, but they thought about their next pay, their next quarters, of Matreshka the vivandiere, and like matters.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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