Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
someone who provides food and service (as for a party);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Caterer \Ca"ter*er\, n.
One who caters.
[1913 Webster]
The little fowls in the air have God for Their provider
and caterer. --Shelton.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
caterer
n 1: someone who provides food and service (as for a party)
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "caterer":
chandler, commissariat, commissary, donor, furnisher, manciple,
merchant, patron, provider, provisioner, purveyor, quartermaster,
retailer, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, supplier, sutler,
victualer, vivandier