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Definition of purveyors - 2 dictionary results

pur⋅vey⋅or

  [per-vey-er]
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–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; ME pourveour < AF; see purvey, -or 2
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pur·vey·or   (pər-vā'ər)   
n.  
  1. One that furnishes provisions, especially food.
  2. One that promulgates something: a purveyor of lies.
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