purveyor
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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How to use purveyor in a sentence
As social media platforms become more active in stemming the flow of misinformation, its purveyors are starting to seek new homes free from policing.
Marc Benioff, Salesforce’s billionaire founder and CEO, clearly wishes to build his business into something greater than just a purveyor of software for managing customers and sales leads, the company’s bread-and-butter money-maker.
Another way to look at the damage is it’s that much money every month that we are not spending on or buying from the farmers, purveyors, and companies we do business with.
The True Cost of Keeping a Restaurant Open During a Pandemic | Charlotte Druckman | November 11, 2020 | EaterMeat giants themselves are now the purveyors of plant-based meat, with companies like Cargill selling their plant-based chicken even in China.
Why meat could be top of mind for voters in the upcoming election | jakemeth | September 5, 2020 | FortuneKeep in mind that Tesla isn’t a mass-market purveyor like VW and Toyota.
Tesla has a business model problem: It can never justify its current stock price by simply making cars | Shawn Tully | August 29, 2020 | Fortune
And as a purveyor of childishness myself, I understand how annoying it can be.
But the person authorized to perform the demolition is not Sarah Palin or some other purveyor of junk jingoism.
The lanky, scandal-scarred former Congressman and purveyor of the now colloquial sext, has lived and died by the tweet.
Anthony Weiner, Disgraced Over Sexting Scandal, Still Tweeting | Gideon Resnick | February 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWell, Apple is now a purveyor of expensive, high-end products in a market where consumers are turning to cheaper alternatives.
Apple Launches New iPads in Effort to Boost Sales | William O’Connor | October 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTGreengrass, purveyor of the shaky cam, and screenwriter Billy Ray, have paid enormous attention to detail here.
‘Captain Phillips’ Is a Gripping, Award-Worthy Film | Marlow Stern | September 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMademoiselle and myself had agreed to divide between us the office of purveyor to the party.
The fame of Mrs. Recknor as a purveyor of hot biscuits was co-extensive with the line of the road.
The Old Pike | Thomas B. Searightpurveyor, Surveyor, or whatsoever other title "please thine ear," art thou deaf?
Camilla | Fanny BurneyWhen we landed in New York I went directly and made myself known to the man who was to act as purveyor of your majesty's pension.
Lazarre | Mary Hartwell CatherwoodThe prince recognised the tradesman's generosity by making his antagonist purveyor to his household.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I. | Leslie Stephen
British Dictionary definitions for purveyor
/ (pəˈveɪə) /
(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 quality: a purveyor of humour
history an officer providing or exacting provisions, lodging, etc, for a sovereign
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