purveyor

[ per-vey-er ]
/ pərˈveɪ ər /
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noun

a person who purveys, provides, or supplies: a purveyor of foods; a purveyor of lies.
Old English Law. an officer who provided or acquired provisions for the sovereign under the prerogative of purveyance.

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Origin of purveyor

1250–1300; Middle English pourveour < Anglo-French; see purvey, -or2

Words nearby purveyor

purulent synovitis, puruloid, purusha, purvey, purveyance, purveyor, purview, purée, purús, pus, pusan
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Words related to purveyor

waiter, attendant, administrator, curator, foreman, proctor, guardian, bailiff, director, manager, agent, magistrate, officer, seneschal, reeve, major-domo, chamberlain, manciple

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British Dictionary definitions for purveyor

purveyor
/ (pəˈveɪə) /

noun

(often plural) a person, organization, etc, that supplies food and provisions
a person who spreads, repeats, or sells (information, lies, etc)
a person or thing that habitually provides or supplies a particular thing or qualitya purveyor of humour
history an officer providing or exacting provisions, lodging, etc, for a sovereign
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