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Purveyor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Purveyor has 1 sense
- purveyor(n = noun.person) - someone who supplies provisions (especially food); is a kind of provider, supplier
Derived form verb purvey1
CIDE DICTIONARY
- One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer. [1913 Webster]
- An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household. [1913 Webster]
- a procurer; a pimp; a bawd. Addison. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
Purveyor
caterer, chandler, commissariat, commissary, donor, furnisher, manciple, merchant, patron, provider, provisioner, quartermaster, retailer, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, supplier, sutler, victualer, vivandierROGET THESAURUS
Purveyor
Provision
N provision, supply, grist, grist for the mill, subvention, resources, groceries, grocery, providing, purveyance, reinforcement, reenforcement, commissariat, provender, ensilage, viaticum, caterer, purveyor, commissary, quartermaster, manciple, feeder, batman, victualer, grocer, comprador, restaurateur, jackal, pelican, sutler, grocery shop, grocery store.
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