Definitions for purveyor
pur·vey·or

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. purveyornoun

   someone who supplies provisions (especially food)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. purveyornoun

   Someone who supplies what is needed, especially food.

2. purveyornoun

   An officer who provided provisions for the king's household.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Purveyornoun

   Etymology: from purvey.

   1. One that provides victuals.

   The purveyors or victuallers are much to be condemned, as not a little faulty in that behalf. Walter Raleigh.

   2. A procurer; a pimp.

   These women are such cunning purveyors!
   Mark where their appetites have once been pleased,
   The same resemblance in a younger lover,
   Lies brooding in their fancies the same pleasures. Dryden.

   The stranger, ravish’d at his good fortune, is introduced to some imaginary title; for this purveyor has her representatives of some of the finest ladies. Addison.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. purveyor

   A purveyor is a person, company, or entity that supplies or provides a particular product or service, often of high quality. This term can also be used to refer to someone who spreads or promotes an idea, view, or information.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Purveyornoun

   one who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer

2. Purveyornoun

   an officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household

3. Purveyornoun

   a procurer; a pimp; a bawd

4. Etymology: [OE. porveour, OF. pourveor, F. pourvoyeur. See Purvey, and cf. Proveditor.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. purveyor

   A person employed to make purchases, or to provide food, medicines, and necessaries for the sick.

Matched Categories

1. • Supplier

How to pronounce purveyor?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of purveyor in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of purveyor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of purveyor in a Sentence

1. Dmitri Trenin:

   The visit will solidify the political relationship; confirm Russia as India's principal purveyor of arms; and expand ties in other areas, such as nuclear energy.

2. Lake Ingle:

   When you see that kind of misuse of intellectual power, you want to be the person that comes back and does it responsibly and with morals, instead of being the purveyor of your ideology, you can be an educator.

3. Winston Churchill, responding to a journalist:

   Are you insinuating that I am a purveyor of terminological inexactitudes?

4. Jon Stewart:

   TheNew York Times,right, was a giant purveyor of misinformation, and disinformation. I don't know if the Times was purposeful, but misinformation, and that’s as vaunted a media organization as you can find, but there was no accountability for them.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=purveyor
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Purveyor
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=purveyor
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purveyor
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html