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purveyor

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pur·vey·or  (pr-vr)
n.
1. One that furnishes provisions, especially food.
2. One that promulgates something: a purveyor of lies.
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Noun1.purveyor - someone who supplies provisions (especially food)
provider, supplier - someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
Translations
Spanish purveyor [pəˈveɪəʳ] n → proveedor(a) m/f
French purveyor [pəˈveɪəʳ] n → fournisseur m
German purveyor [pəˈveɪəʳ] (form) n [of goods etc] → Lieferant m
Italian purveyor [pəˈveɪəʳ] n → fornitore/trice
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Scarcely had they got back to their own house when the purveyor entered his room.
The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context
Your very humble and obedient servant, Godeau, Purveyor of the Musketeers
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
These were principally accounts owing in connection with his race horses, to the purveyor of oats and hay, the English saddler, and so on.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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