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purveyor

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  An  officer  who  formerly  provided,  or  exacted  provision, 
  for  the  king's  household.  [Eng.] 
 
  3.  a  procurer;  a  pimp;  a  bawd.  --Addison. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  purveyor 
  n  :  someone  who  supplies  provisions  (especially  food) 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [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)




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