Purveyor

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Purveyor \Pur*vey"or\, n. [OE. porveour, OF. pourveor, F.
     pourvoyeur. See {Purvey}, and cf. {Proveditor}.]
     1. One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make
        provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer.
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     2. An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision,
        for the king's household. [Eng.]
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     3. a procurer; a pimp; a bawd. --Addison.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  purveyor
       n : someone who supplies provisions (especially food)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "purveyor":
     caterer, chandler, commissariat, commissary, donor, furnisher,
     manciple, merchant, patron, provider, provisioner, quartermaster,
     retailer, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, supplier, sutler,
     victualer, vivandier
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Purveyor
       
           A {World-Wide Web} {server} for {Windows NT}
          and {Windows 95} (when available).
       
          {Home (http://www.process.com/)}.
       
          E-mail: .
       
          (1995-04-11)
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PURVEYOR. One employed in procuring provisions. Vide Code, 1, 34.