purveyor

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pur·vey·or

[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.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English pourveour < Anglo-French; see purvey, -or2
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  • It also expanded by marketing itself as a purveyor of choices in products and environment.
  • He needs his viewers to be stupid and give him the power as their sole purveyor if information.
  • As an understocked purveyor of large dried fruit might say, we're out of big dates for a while.
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purveyor (pəˈveɪə)
 
n
1.  (often plural) 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

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