Definition of Vivandiere. Meaning of Vivandiere. Synonyms of Vivandiere

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Definition of Vivandiere

Vivandiere
Vivandiere Vi`van`di[`e]re", n. [F. See Viand.] In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler.

Meaning of Vivandiere from wikipedia

- Vivandière or cantinière is a French name for women who are attached to military regiments as sutlers or canteen keepers. Their actual historic functions...
- Vivandière or La Vivandière may refer to: Vivandière a generic name for women attached to military regiments La Vivandière (Gilbert), a burlesque by W...
- La Vivandière; or, True to the Corps! is a burlesque by W. S. Gilbert, described by the author as "An Operatic Extravaganza Founded on Donizetti's opera...
- Sarah Jane Taylor (1841 – 1886), was a vivandière for the Union during the American Civil War.[unreliable source?] She was the stepdaughter of Col. James...
- La Vivandière (or Markitenka, as it is known in Russia) is a ballet in one act with c****ography by Arthur Saint-Léon and **** Cerrito, and music by Cesare...
- Cerrito, Saint-Léon c****ographed a ballet that was a hit in London La Vivandière (1843). He created also ballets for the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and...
- in London. W. S. Gilbert wrote a burlesque adaptation of the opera, La Vivandière, in 1867. The Metropolitan Opera gave the first performances with Marcella...
- for smoking. Cigarette may also refer to: "Cigarette", a character of a vivandière in the 1867 novel Under Two Flags Cigarette (1/3), a public sculpture...
- women. However, during the 1800s, female spies were introduced, and Vivandières wore a certain uniform with a dress over trousers. Women activists during...
- do****entation that she was a pétroleuse (female arsonist). She worked as a vivandière with the Enfants perdus. While carrying back the laundry she was given...