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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
Purveyor
A web server for Windows NT
and Windows 95 (when available).
(http://process.com/).
E-mail: .
(1995-04-11)