Purveyor


[per-vey-er] /pərˈveɪ ər/

noun
1.
a person who , 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 .
/pəˈveɪə/
noun
1.
(often pl) a person, organization, etc, that supplies food and provisions
2.
a person who spreads, repeats, or sells (information, lies, etc)
3.
a person or thing that habitually provides or supplies a particular thing or quality: a purveyor of humour
4.
(history) an officer providing or exacting provisions, lodging, etc, for a sovereign
n.

c.1300, from Old French porveor (13c.), agent noun from porveoir (see purvey).
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A World-Wide Web server for Windows NT and Windows 95 (when available).
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E-mail: .
(1995-04-11)

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