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viander

viander noun: a feeder; one who provides viands, or food; a host.

Noun

viander (plural vianders)

  1. (obsolete) A feeder; one who provides viands, or food; a host.
    • Wherein she fareth like one , that to purchase the name of a sumptuous frankelen or a good viander, would bid diuerse ghests to a costlie and deintie dinner1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Forms of viander

pluralvianders

Origin of viander

From viand + -er.

Questions about viander

What does viander mean?
Viander means a feeder; one who provides viands, or food; a host.
What part of speech is viander?
Viander is a noun.
What is the plural of viander?
The plural of viander is vianders.

Words near viander in the dictionary

  1. Vian
  2. Viana
  3. Viana do Castelo
  4. viand
  5. Vianden
  6. viander
  7. vianders
  8. viands
  9. Viangchan
  10. Vians
  11. Viar

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