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proved·i·tor
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Proveditor, Provedorenoun
One who undertakes to procure supplies for an army.
Etymology: proveditore, Italian.
The Jews, in those ages, had the office of provedore. John Freind.
Wikipedia
proveditor
The Italian title prov[v]editore (plural provveditori; also known in Greek: προνοητής, προβλεπτής; Serbo-Croatian: providur), "he who sees to things" (overseer), was the style of various (but not all) local district governors in the extensive, mainly maritime empire of the Republic of Venice. Like many political appointments, it was often held by noblemen as a stage in their career, usually for a few years.
Webster Dictionary
Proveditornoun
one employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another
Etymology: [It. proveditore, provveditore, fr. provedere, L. providere. See Provide, and cf. Purveyor, Provedore.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
proveditor
One employed to procure supplies for an army; a purveyor.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of proveditor in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of proveditor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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