purveyor

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One that furnishes or sells something, especially food.

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One that promulgates something.

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One who purveys or provides; specifically, one who purveys victuals, or whose business it is to make provision for the table; one who supplies eatables for a number of persons; a caterer.

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An officer who formerly provided or exacted provision for the king’s household.

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One who provides the means of gratifying lust; a procurer or procuress; a pimp; a bawd.

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Formerly, an officer of the medical department of the United States army, whose duty was to purchase supplies. The office was abolished in 1892.

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

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An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king’s household.

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a procurer; a pimp; a bawd.

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Someone who supplies what is needed, especially food.