viander

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noun

A feeder; one who provides viands, or food; a host.

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Meanings

nounviander (plural vianders)

plural vianders

  1. obsoleteA 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 dinner

    1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Origin

From viand + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

invaderravinedVerdianVandrei
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APA

viander. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viander

MLA

“viander.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viander. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “viander,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viander.

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