vivandière

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A woman attached to French and other continental regiments, who sells provisions and liquor. Vivandières still exist in the French army, but the uniform, which was generally a modified form of that of the regiment, has been abandoned by order.

Wiktionary

1. n. A female vivandier.

GNU Webster's 1913

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