purveyor

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pur=vey=or

CIDE DICTIONARY

purveyor, n. [OE. porveour, OF. pourveor, F. pourvoyeur. See Purvey, and cf. Proveditor.].

•  One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer.  [1913 Webster]
•  An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household.  [1913 Webster]
•  a procurer; a pimp; a bawd.  Addison.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

purveyor

caterer, chandler, commissariat, commissary, donor, furnisher, manciple, merchant, patron, provider, provisioner, quartermaster, retailer, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, supplier, sutler, victualer, vivandier

ROGET THESAURUS

purveyor

Provision

N provision, supply, grist, grist for the mill, subvention, resources, groceries, grocery, providing, purveyance, reinforcement, reenforcement, commissariat, provender, ensilage, viaticum, caterer, purveyor, commissary, quartermaster, manciple, feeder, batman, victualer, grocer, comprador, restaurateur, jackal, pelican, sutler, grocery shop, grocery store.