War and Peace vocabulary

6 archaic vocabulary words

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vivandière

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Defn: In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler.

Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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they thought about their next pay, their next quarters, of Matreshka the vivandiere, and like matters.

Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: 12 (Book Twelve)
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