provider

pro·vid·er  (pr-vdr)

n.

1. One who supplies a means of subsistence: parents who were good providers.

2. One that makes something, such as a service, available: primary health care providers.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	provider - someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity supplier black marketeer - someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities bourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise caterer - someone who provides food and service (as for a party) connection - a supplier (especially of narcotics) dispenser - a person who dispenses distributer, distributor - someone who markets merchandise purveyor - someone who supplies provisions (especially food) recruiter - someone who supplies members or employees stockist - one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods provisioner, sutler, victualer, victualler - a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
	2.	provider - someone who provides the means for subsistence benefactor, helper - a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)

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provider

noun

1. supplier, giver, source, donor, benefactor Japan is the largest provider of foreign aid in the world.

2. breadwinner, supporter, earner, mainstay, wage earner A husband's job is to be a good provider.

Translations

provider [prəˈvaɪdəʳ] N → proveedor(a) m/f

provider [prəˈvaɪdə^r] n

[goods, services] → fournisseur m
internet provider → fournisseur d'accès service provider

(in family) → soutien m (de famille)
sole provider
She is the sole provider for her family → Elle est seule à pourvoir aux besoins de sa famille.

provider

n

(Econ) → Lieferant(in) m(f)

(Internet) → Provider m, → Anbieter m

(for family) → Ernährer(in) m(f)