purveyor

[per-vey-er]

noun

1. a person who purveys, provides, or supplies.

   a purveyor of foods; a purveyor of lies.

2. Old English Law.,  an officer who provided or acquired provisions for the sovereign under the prerogative of purveyance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of purveyor¹

1250–1300; Middle English pourveour < Anglo-French; purvey, -or ²

Example Sentences

Online orders typically sell out fast, but you can test your luck at various purveyors in the area, like the Spring Green General Store.

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Its favorite targets are the excesses of progressive left and purveyors of so-called “woke” policies.

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The clerk at the City Pop-Up — rebranded from City Wok — the lone purveyor of Labubus in the area, says the popular dolls are hard to keep in stock, and they’re very expensive because of tariffs.

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As detective types go, Lee is closer in appearance to The Dude in “The Big Lebowski” than Philip Marlowe, the main difference being that he has a job as a rare books purveyor.

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He was instead the godfather of the “Debate Me” Bros, purveyors of a prevalent internet-based entertainment format that, in an era nearly void of substantive debate, is too often passed off as such.

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