About The Word Purveyor
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Purveyor
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What's The Definition Of Purveyor?
[n] someone who supplies provisions (especially food)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Purveyor: Related Terms | Find terms related to Purveyor: See Also | provider | supplier Purveyor In Webster's Dictionary \Pur*vey"or\, n. [OE. porveour, OF. pourveor, F.
pourvoyeur. See {Purvey}, and cf. {Proveditor}.]
1. One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make
provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer.
2. An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision,
for the king's household. [Eng.]
3. a procurer; a pimp; a bawd. --Addison.
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