释义 |
proˈvisioner [f. provision v. + -er1.] One who provisions; one who supplies or deals in provisions. Hence proˈvisioneress, a female provisioner.
1866Howells Venet. Life vii. 102 Provisioners..who bring fresh milk in bottles. 1894― in Cosmopolitan XVII. 58 The display was on either side of the provisioner's door. 1886Burton Arab. Nts. (abr. ed.) I. 79 Then arose the provisioneress and..set the table by the fountain. |