purveyor
One who purveys; a supplier; specifically, one in the business of supplying food or…One who purveys (“furnishes, provides; gets, procures”); a supplier; specifically, one in the business of supplying food or other necessary material goods; a provisioner.
» Hate makes no rational sense, and the purveyors of hate rely on deception to spread myths that they could not spread truthfully.
Meaning
4 sensesOne who purveys (“furnishes, provides; gets, procures”); a supplier; specifically, one in the business of supplying food or other necessary material goods; a provisioner.
The merchants are the purveyors of fine selections.
One who purveys (“furnishes, provides; gets, procures”); a supplier; specifically, one in the business of supplying food or other necessary material goods; a provisioner.
(UK, historical)An officer who obtained provisions such as accommodation and food for the household of a monarch or some other high-ranking person; also, an officer in charge of obtaining provisions for an army, a city, etc.
groom purveyor yeoman purveyor
someone who supplies provisions (especially food)
(figuratively)A person or group that promotes or spreads an idea, a viewpoint, etc.
purveyors of false information
(obsolete)One who arranges or prepares something; an arranger, an orchestrator, a preparer.
Examples
2 sentencesHate makes no rational sense, and the purveyors of hate rely on deception to spread myths that they could not spread truthfully.
Welcome to The Cheese Shop, purveyor of fine cheeses from around the world.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English purveiour (“one who procures or supplies necessities, provider; city,From Middle English purveiour (“one who procures or supplies necessities, provider; city, military, religious, or household employee in charge of provisions, steward; one in charge, overseer; one who goes ahead to prepare the way, forerunner; one who arranges accommodations for a traveller; (figurative) one who gathers greedily”), from Anglo-Norman purveour, Middle French pourveur, pourvoyeur, and (chiefly Northern) Old French purveour (“one who procures or supplies necessities or things in general; one who arranges or prepares something”) (modern French pourvoyeur), from porveoir, purveer, purveir (“to equip, furnish, provide, purvey; to foresee; to look at; to obtain, procure”) (modern French pourvoir) + -or (suffix forming agent nouns). Porveoir is derived from Latin prōvidēre, the present active infinitive of prōvideō (“to care for, look after; to foresee; to provide, see to”), from prō- (prefix meaning ‘before; forward’) + videō (“to see; to look out for, care for, provide, see to”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”)). By surface analysis, purvey + -or (suffix forming agent nouns denoting people or things which do the actions denoted by the stems). Doublet of proveditor and provedore.
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