purveyor
English
Alternative forms
- purveyour (obsolete)
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman purveour, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French porveor, agent noun from porveoir. See purvey.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪə(ɹ)
Noun
purveyor (plural purveyors)
- Someone who supplies what is needed, especially food.
- The merchants are the purveyors of fine selections.
- (historical, UK) An officer who provided provisions for the king's household.
- (obsolete) A procurer; a pimp.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (one who provides food): grocer
Translations
supplier — see supplier
Categories:
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Old French
- Rhymes:English/eɪə(ɹ)
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with historical senses
- British English
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- Requests for quotations/Addison
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