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View synonyms for purveyor

purveyor

[ per-vey-er ]

noun

  1. a person who purveys, 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 purveyance.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of purveyor1

1250–1300; Middle English pourveour < Anglo-French; purvey, -or 2

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