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proveditor

proveditor noun: one employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another.

Noun

proveditor (plural proveditors)

  1. One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another.
    • The entertainment, that S. John's Proveditore the Angel gave him.1649, Jeremy Taylor, The Great Exemplar: Or, The Life of Our Ever-blessed Saviour Jesus Christ

Forms of proveditor

pluralproveditors

Origin of proveditor

From Italian proveditore, provveditore, from provedere, Latin providere. See provide. Doublet of purveyor and provedore.

Questions about proveditor

What does proveditor mean?
Proveditor means one employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another.
What part of speech is proveditor?
Proveditor is a noun.
What is the plural of proveditor?
The plural of proveditor is proveditors.

Words near proveditor in the dictionary

  1. provections
  2. provector
  3. provectors
  4. proved
  5. proved out
  6. proveditor
  7. proveditors
  8. provedly
  9. provedor
  10. provedore
  11. provedored

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