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Webster 1913 Edition

Purveyor

Pur-vey′or

,
Noun.
[OE.
porveour
, OF.
pourveor
, F.
pourvoyeur
. See
Purvey
, and cf.
Proveditor
.]
1.
One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer.
2.
An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king’s household.
[Eng.]
3.
a procurer; a pimp; a bawd.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Purveyor

PURVEYOR

,
Noun.
One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer.
1.
An officer who formerly provided or exacted provision for the king's household.
2.
One who provides the means of gratifying lust; a procurer; a pimp; a bawd.

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