Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SUT'LER, n. [D. zoetelaar, as if from zoet, sweet. But in German, sudelkoch is a paltry victualer, as if from sudeln, to soil; sudler, a dirty fellow. In Danish, sudelkock is a pastry-cook, from the same root; sudler, to soil. The Danish may be the original signification.]

A person who follows an army and sells to the troops provisions and liquors.