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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. someone who supplies provisions (especially food);


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Purveyor \Pur*vey"or\, n. [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. [1913 Webster] 2. An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] 3. a procurer; a pimp; a bawd. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

purveyor n 1: someone who supplies provisions (especially food)
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "purveyor": caterer, chandler, commissariat, commissary, donor, furnisher, manciple, merchant, patron, provider, provisioner, quartermaster, retailer, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, supplier, sutler, victualer, vivandier
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Purveyor A web server for Windows NT and Windows 95 (when available). (http://process.com/). E-mail: . (1995-04-11)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

PURVEYOR. One employed in procuring provisions. Vide Code, 1, 34.