provider
[pruh-vahy-der]
- a person or thing that provides.
- a person who supports a family or another person.
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Origin of provider
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for provider
Contemporary Examples
DISH is the first and only provider to offer the Netflix app.
The same test was also recommended by my new primary-care doctor, another “in-network” provider.
The former believed in the role of the state as a provider, while the latter favored an iron fist approach to governance.
But she never felt comfortable in the traditional role of father and provider.
I keep switching from provider to provider, hoping to find one that will meet even my basic needs.
Historical Examples
The physician's accomplice, undertaker's benefactor and grave worm's provider.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
If they come, let them come, and God be my aid and provider!
One Snowy NightEmily Sarah Holt
The story of the jackal being his “provider,”—killing them for him,—is not true.
The Bush BoysCaptain Mayne Reid
Fish and flesh had they a plenty—with Ossaroo as their provider.
The Cliff ClimbersCaptain Mayne Reid
He is a provider of natural produce, manufacturer, middleman and consumer, all in one.
The Forest FarmPeter Rosegger
Word Origin and History for provider
n.
1520s, agent noun from provide.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper