provender
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English provendre, from Old French provendre, var. of provende (“allowance, provision”), from Late Latin praebenda (“a payment, in Medieval Latin also an allowance of food and drink, pittance, also a prebend”); see prebend.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
provender (uncountable)
- Food, especially for livestock.
- An edible material that provides sustenance.
[edit] Synonyms
- (animal food): fodder
[edit] External links
- provender in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- provender in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
