† meatsmann.
Obsolete. rare.
A person who provides food, a caterer.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer
purveyor1340
victualler1377
caterc1400
purveyoressc1400
achatourc1405
acaterc1415
providerc1485
provenderc1530
meatsman1567
caterer1592
proveditor1592
viander1598
foregoer1601
meat-man1614
prog man1618
provedore1631
provisioner1633
meater1643
opsonator1656
sutler1710
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 89 He is as good a meates man and Catour for him selfe, as any thing liuing is.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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