A person who procures, provides, or supplies something; spec. a person whose business is the provision of food or other material necessities.

A purveyor of victuals or provisions; spec. one who makes a business of providing food and drink for payment; a keeper of an eating-house, inn, or…

A buyer of provisions or ‘cates’; in large households the officer who made the necessary purchases of provisions; a caterer, n.

A female purveyor.

An officer who purchases provisions for the household of the king or a lord, a purveyor (now historical). Also: gen. a purchaser of provisions.

A purchaser of provisions; a provider or preparer of foodstuffs or delicacies; a purveyor, a caterer.

A person who or thing which provides or supplies something; spec. a person who provides for his or her family, a breadwinner. Frequently with…

A purveyor, a person who provides supplies. rare.

A person who provides food, a caterer.

One who caters or purveys provisions for a household, club, etc.; one who supplies the viands at an entertainment, fête, etc.

gen. A purveyor, provider; a caterer, steward. Also figurative. Obsolete.

A supplier or seller of provisions.

A messenger sent before, a forerunner, a harbinger; spec. a purveyor. Obsolete.

A person who sells or supplies meat; a butcher. In 19th cent. frequently with modifying genitive, as dog's meat man, cat's meat man.

A person appointed to forage for food and supplies; a forager, purveyor.

A purveyor, caterer, steward; = proveditor, n. 2. Also figurative.

A person who supplies or deals in provisions.

A person who provides or gives meat or food. Obsolete.

A caterer; a manciple.

gen. One who furnishes provisions. Obsolete.