Hypertext Webster Gateway: "purveyor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision,
for the king's household. [Eng.]
3. a procurer; a pimp; a bawd. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
purveyor
n : someone who supplies provisions (especially food)
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