purveyorn.

Brit.

/pəˈveɪə/,

/pəːˈveɪə/, U.S.

/pərˈveɪər/

Forms:

α. Middle English porueyour, Middle English puruayour, Middle English purueyoure, Middle English purveyoure, Middle English purveyowr, Middle English 1600s pourveyour, Middle English–1600s purueiour, Middle English–1600s purueyour, Middle English–1600s purveiour, Middle English–1600s purveyour, 1500s purueyghour, 1500s–1600s purueior, 1500s–1600s purueyor, 1500s–1600s purveior, 1500s–1600s purveioure, 1500s– purveyor, 1600s pourveyor; Scottish pre-1700 purveior, pre-1700 purveiour, pre-1700 purveyour, pre-1700 pvrveyour, pre-1700 1700s– purveyor; N.E.D. (1909) also records a form late Middle English purveioure. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 100 He ys uader, he is diȝtere and gouernour and porueyour [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues purueyour] to his mayne.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 4337 Ioseph þat noble puruayour.c1460 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Laud) 11003 Right was that the purveyoure Shuld come by-fore the Sauyoure.1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 287 Pompeius beeyng declared in woordes & in title the purveiour of corne.1572 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 164 As the purveior compounded.1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xiii. 213 God is no purueyor for theeues and robbers.1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Hist. Wars ii. 64 The Pourveyor of the expence of the army.1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Pourveyour,..an Officer of the King, or other great personage.1760 S. Johnson Idler 9 Feb. 41 Wealthy Plodders were only Purveyors for Men of Spirit.1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xii. 232 Both Essex and Ralegh acted as purveyors of the fleet.1999 Past & Present 162 20 One man remembered Edward I's war with Philip the Fair only as the occasion when the king's purveyors took two of his hogs without paying.

β. Middle English prouour, Middle English provyour, Middle English proweour, Middle English prower, Middle English prowor, Middle English prowour, Middle English prowyour. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) VIII. 147 As it were to þe comoun provyour [v.r. purvyour; ?a1475 anon. tr. provisor; L. provisori] of alle.c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xix. 255 My prowor [v.rr. proweour, prowyour, purveour; c1400 C textv.rr. prower, prowour, prouour, puruyour] & my plowman Piers shal ben on erthe.1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 107/1 One George Grenelane..hadde beknowe divers felonies, and becam prower for the Kyng. ▸ c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 468 Crist, which was..oure beest prower, ordeyned al that was best for us to haue.

γ. Middle English pourveour, Middle English puruaour, Middle English purueour, Middle English purueur, Middle English purveor, Middle English purveour, Middle English purveous (plural, transmission error); Scottish pre-1700 purveour. ▸ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 1997 He is..A pourveour and an aspie.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 4607 Do gett þe a god purueur [a1400 Fairf. puruaour; a1400 Gött. purueour].1447–8 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 378 For the Maister of the werkes, 1 li..and for ij purueours either of theym at vj d. by day.a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 9322 And gart call till hir hir gouernouris, Quhilkis of hir mete war hir purveouris.1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem f. 68^v In the statut of purveours [of Edward III of England].

δ. Middle English puruyour, Middle English purviowre, Middle English purvyour, Middle English–1500s purviour, 1500s puruior, 1500s purvyar, 1600s purvior; Scottish pre-1700 purviar, pre-1700 purviour. ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 56^v Þe stomak is puruyour & housbonde [L. paterfamilias] of al þe body. ▸ 1440 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 417 Purviowre, provisor, procurator.c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iv. 13 To paie þe pore peple þat his puruyours toke.1548 : Henry VI f. clxj Like a spedy puruior, whiche slacketh not tyme.1569 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 132 Gevyn..to the Quen of Scottes purvyar ij s.1664 Advice of Father; or, Counsel to Child 77 Where Providence hath not provided, a man is his own purvior.

ε. Middle English puruayer, Middle English purveyar, Middle English–1600s purueier, 1500s–1600s purueyer, 1500s–1600s purveyer, 1600s pourvoyer, 1600s purveier, 1600s purvoyer; Scottish pre-1700 purwayar; N.E.D. (1909) also records a form late Middle English purveyer. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 13208 For-þi is he calde cristis puruayer [a1400 Vesp. foriner; a1400 Trin. Cambr. forgoer]. c1449 [see sense 1b]. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 476 Purveyer for all necessarie prouision.1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 81 They haue certaine Caters and purueiers among them.1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands ii. iii. 186 The Carribbians were as it were the Pourvoyers [Fr. pourvoyeurs] of the French.1683 Apol. Protestants France iv. 27 His Purvoyer could find no room for him in the Castle.

ζ. 1500s preuyer. 1571 in J. G. Nichols Narr. Reformation (1859) 112 He was suer of sedition and preuyer of unlawfull assemblies.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French porveur, pourveur.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman porveur, pourveour, purvaiour, purveiour, purveur, purveour and Middle French pourveur (mid 13th cent. in Old French (chiefly Northern) as porveeur , porveor , porveour , pourveeur , etc.; Middle French, French pourvoyeur ) person who supplies food or other necessities to a household, hospital, convent, etc. (mid 13th cent. in Old French), domestic officer responsible for procuring provisions for the household of a monarch (1300 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), person who procures or supplies something in general (first half of the 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman with reference to St Stephen whose martyrdom caused many married women and widows to be converted to Christianity; apparently not paralleled in continental French until later (late 17th cent.)), official responsible for the provision of necessities to an army (first half of the 14th cent.), person who prepares or prearranges something (first half of the 14th cent.) < porveeir , purveeir , etc. purvey v. + -or , -our , -ur -or suffix. Compare purvey v. With the β. forms compare Anglo-Norman proveyour (late 14th cent. or earlier in sense ‘caterer’; compare Middle French (Walloon, Burgundy) proveur (mid 15th cent.)), variant (with prefix substitution; compare pro- prefix¹) of porveur , purveur , etc. Compare provider n., provisor n. II.Apparently originally stressed on the final syllable, occasionally also on the first; the modern stress pattern is after purvey v. Attested earlier as a surname (e.g. Ralph le Purueur (1232)), although it is unclear whether this should be interpreted as reflecting the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word. In forms pourvoyer , purvoyer (compare quots. 1666, 1683 at ε. forms) after French pourvoyeur.

a. A domestic officer responsible for procuring or requisitioning provisions (as food, lodging, etc.) for the household of a monarch or other high-ranking person (cf. purveyance n. 5b.) Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority > for public service > one who

purveyora1325

taker1423

impressor1781

a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xli. 104 Ant alle þulke nimares, ant purueiares, ant tasturs of þe king, ne nimen noþing bote þat hoem nede bihouez for þe king.

1423–4 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1909) I. 297 (MED) It is ordeyned..that no purveour ne catour make purveaunce or achate for the Kynges hous of ony thynge to the value of xl s. or withinne if he make not full payement in hond.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 189 As a purveyour goth be-forn to takyn an jn for his mayster.

c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iv. 13 To paie þe pore peple þat his puruyours toke.

a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) iii. sig. F I must needes haue your maisters horses... I am the kings Purueyer, And I tell thee I will haue them.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Purveyor, an Officer of the King or other great Personage, that provides Corn and other Victual for the house of him whose Officer he is.

1732 J. Farmer Hist. Waltham 178 These four Houses were given by Green, Purveyor to King James the First, for four Widows.

1776 C. Parkin Hist. & Antiq. Yarmouth v. 136 No purveyor of the king should forcibly take any thing for his use out of this burgh.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. xiii. 323 The Queen's purveyors had been abroad, sweeping the farms and villages of those articles usually exacted during a royal Progress.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xvi. 415 The hated name of purveyor was [sc. in 1360] to be exchanged for that of buyer.

1945 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. New Ser. 35 18/2 Purveyors were required to pay ready money and were prohibited from taking timber, horses and carts without the consent of the owner.

1999 Past & Present 162 20 One man remembered Edward I's war with Philip the Fair only as the occasion when the king's purveyors took two of his hogs without paying.

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

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provider or supplier

purveyor1340

supplier1384

purveyoressc1400

providerc1485

suppeditator1542

furnisher1611

subministrator1625

sitarch1656

caterer1706

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

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provedore1631

provisioner1633

meater1643

opsonator1656

sutler1710

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > purveyor

purveyor1340

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 100 He ys uader, he is diȝtere and gouernour and porueyour [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues purueyour] to his mayne.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. iv. 2 He durst saye the purueyoure [L. provisoremque] of the citee and defender of his folc and louer of the lawe of God, enmye, or traitour, of the rewme.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 1997 He is..A pourveour and an aspie.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 468 For ellis he hadde not be anentis us to gidere wijsist purueier and tendirist louer.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 358 All maner of purveyars purveyde, that there lacked nothynge that myght be gotyn for golde nother sylver, nothir of wylde nor tame.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 375 This man serued the person as Purueyour of his poultrie.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes v. vi. 265 I love the Sea, She is my fellow-Creature; My carefull Purveyor; She provides me store.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Opsonator, a buyer or purveyor of meats.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 152 The Spaniard..was their Guide himself, and their Purveyor also.

1760 S. Johnson Idler 9 Feb. 41 Wealthy Plodders were only Purveyors for Men of Spirit.

1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 127 b Mr. Allingham has not proved himself an indolent purveyor for the dramatic corps.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 240 A shoe~maker, or perhaps some other purveyor to our bodily wants.

1891 Daily News 15 July 3/3 Mr. Morton moved to reduce the vote by 50l. allowance to the purveyor of luncheons.

1959 J. Thompson Getaway iv. 22 The bombs could have been purchased ready-made, of course, but Doc distrusted the purveyors of such items.

1994 Times 6 Aug. 20/3 Comes in handy, professional competence, particularly if you are a purveyor of life assurance policies.

c. An official responsible for the provision of necessities to an army, city, etc. Now rare (chiefly historical).In quots. 1789, 1791: †an officer who provides timber for the navy (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provider or supplier > official

purveyorc1425

society > armed hostility > warrior > others concerned with military affairs > [noun] > sutler

purveyorc1425

clerk of the victualsc1570

sutler1590

victualler1591

vivandier1591

provanta1625

society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > other English officials

wicknerc1000

purveyorc1425

remembrancer1431

Clerk of the Market1451

secondary1461

water bailiff1590

Master of the Jewel House1597

clerk of the remembrance1607

well-reeve?1648

stairer1695

bar-keeper1818

waste-inspector1898

society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > naval officials > [noun] > officials providing specific services

agent-victualler1769

purveyor1789

constructor1866

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 1188 (MED) Thelephus..was..wonder fre..To socour hem, commaundinge anoon His puruyours in al haste to goon..To take up vitaille for þe Grekis host.

c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 68 I fynde by hys bokes of hys purveours how yn every castelle, forteresse, and cyte or towne he wolde hafe grete providence of vitaille.

1576 R. Robinson tr. F. Patrizi Moral Methode Ciuile Policie f. 30^v Let therfore first and principall care be for competent prouision of victuall, namely bread corne..and let there bee made three Purueyghours, or principall victuallers.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 175 To heare of the Treasurer and purveiour generall of the armie in Armenia.

1654 S. Lennard tr. S. Mazzella Parthenopoeia i. 41 He was in great account with Pope Paul the fourth, by whom he was created in Rome Purveyor of the Store, and General of the Army.

1715 Compend. Hist. George the Farmer 8 George would have made an excellent Purveyor of an Army, to have fed the hungry Troops by Contract.

1789 G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne 4 The oaks of Temple and Blackmoor stand high in the estimation of purveyors, and have furnished much naval timber.

1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery II. 22 Besides these ancient officers of the forest, there is one of later institution... He is called the purveyor, and is appointed by the commissioner of the dock at Portsmouth. His business is to assign timber for the use of the navy.

1809 Duke of Wellington Let. 13 Dec. in Dispatches (1838) V. 365 The usual allowances, which the Purveyor General of the British Army will pay.

1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xii. 232 Both Essex and Ralegh acted as purveyors of the fleet.

1883 Fortn. Rev. July 122 The Purveyor-in-Chief was to furnish everything required for the hospital service.

1921 Times 7 Oct. 9/1 Even contracts for uniforms and boots, as well as for food, are made by each regiment with its own purveyor.

1981 William & Mary Q. 38 746 In early 1778 he was appointed purveyor general and deputy director general of the Middle Department.

†2. A person who prepares or prearranges something; a manager, a director. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator

purveyora1387

provisora1393

controller1422

administrator1440

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administrant1602

admin1629

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prepositor1698

wielder1723

administrador1803

policeman1806

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manipulator1823

runner1893

case manager1969

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 147 As it were to þe comoun provyour [v.r. purvyour; ?a1475 anon. tr. provisor; L. provisori] of alle.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 11003 (MED) For right was þat þe purueur Suld cum befor þe sauueur.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xix. 255 My prowor [v.rr. proweour, prowyour, purveour; c1400 C text v.rr. prower, prowour, prouour, puruyour] & my plowman Piers shal ben on erthe.

1571 in J. G. Nichols Narr. Reformation (1859) 112 He was suer of sedition and preuyer of unlawfull assemblies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	purveyor
释义	purveyorn. Brit. /pəˈveɪə/, /pəːˈveɪə/, U.S. /pərˈveɪər/ Forms: α. Middle English porueyour, Middle English puruayour, Middle English purueyoure, Middle English purveyoure, Middle English purveyowr, Middle English 1600s pourveyour, Middle English–1600s purueiour, Middle English–1600s purueyour, Middle English–1600s purveiour, Middle English–1600s purveyour, 1500s purueyghour, 1500s–1600s purueior, 1500s–1600s purueyor, 1500s–1600s purveior, 1500s–1600s purveioure, 1500s– purveyor, 1600s pourveyor; Scottish pre-1700 purveior, pre-1700 purveiour, pre-1700 purveyour, pre-1700 pvrveyour, pre-1700 1700s– purveyor; N.E.D. (1909) also records a form late Middle English purveioure. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 100 He ys uader, he is diȝtere and gouernour and porueyour [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues purueyour] to his mayne.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 4337 Ioseph þat noble puruayour.c1460 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Laud) 11003 Right was that the purveyoure Shuld come by-fore the Sauyoure.1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 287 Pompeius beeyng declared in woordes & in title the purveiour of corne.1572 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 164 As the purveior compounded.1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xiii. 213 God is no purueyor for theeues and robbers.1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Hist. Wars ii. 64 The Pourveyor of the expence of the army.1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Pourveyour,..an Officer of the King, or other great personage.1760 S. Johnson Idler 9 Feb. 41 Wealthy Plodders were only Purveyors for Men of Spirit.1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xii. 232 Both Essex and Ralegh acted as purveyors of the fleet.1999 Past & Present 162 20 One man remembered Edward I's war with Philip the Fair only as the occasion when the king's purveyors took two of his hogs without paying. β. Middle English prouour, Middle English provyour, Middle English proweour, Middle English prower, Middle English prowor, Middle English prowour, Middle English prowyour. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) VIII. 147 As it were to þe comoun provyour [v.r. purvyour; ?a1475 anon. tr. provisor; L. provisori] of alle.c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xix. 255 My prowor [v.rr. proweour, prowyour, purveour; c1400 C textv.rr. prower, prowour, prouour, puruyour] & my plowman Piers shal ben on erthe.1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 107/1 One George Grenelane..hadde beknowe divers felonies, and becam prower for the Kyng. ▸ c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 468 Crist, which was..oure beest prower, ordeyned al that was best for us to haue. γ. Middle English pourveour, Middle English puruaour, Middle English purueour, Middle English purueur, Middle English purveor, Middle English purveour, Middle English purveous (plural, transmission error); Scottish pre-1700 purveour. ▸ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 1997 He is..A pourveour and an aspie.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 4607 Do gett þe a god purueur [a1400 Fairf. puruaour; a1400 Gött. purueour].1447–8 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 378 For the Maister of the werkes, 1 li..and for ij purueours either of theym at vj d. by day.a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 9322 And gart call till hir hir gouernouris, Quhilkis of hir mete war hir purveouris.1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem f. 68^v In the statut of purveours [of Edward III of England]. δ. Middle English puruyour, Middle English purviowre, Middle English purvyour, Middle English–1500s purviour, 1500s puruior, 1500s purvyar, 1600s purvior; Scottish pre-1700 purviar, pre-1700 purviour. ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 56^v Þe stomak is puruyour & housbonde [L. paterfamilias] of al þe body. ▸ 1440 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 417 Purviowre, provisor, procurator.c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iv. 13 To paie þe pore peple þat his puruyours toke.1548 : Henry VI f. clxj Like a spedy puruior, whiche slacketh not tyme.1569 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 132 Gevyn..to the Quen of Scottes purvyar ij s.1664 Advice of Father; or, Counsel to Child 77 Where Providence hath not provided, a man is his own purvior. ε. Middle English puruayer, Middle English purveyar, Middle English–1600s purueier, 1500s–1600s purueyer, 1500s–1600s purveyer, 1600s pourvoyer, 1600s purveier, 1600s purvoyer; Scottish pre-1700 purwayar; N.E.D. (1909) also records a form late Middle English purveyer. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 13208 For-þi is he calde cristis puruayer [a1400 Vesp. foriner; a1400 Trin. Cambr. forgoer]. c1449 [see sense 1b]. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 476 Purveyer for all necessarie prouision.1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 81 They haue certaine Caters and purueiers among them.1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands ii. iii. 186 The Carribbians were as it were the Pourvoyers [Fr. pourvoyeurs] of the French.1683 Apol. Protestants France iv. 27 His Purvoyer could find no room for him in the Castle. ζ. 1500s preuyer. 1571 in J. G. Nichols Narr. Reformation (1859) 112 He was suer of sedition and preuyer of unlawfull assemblies. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French porveur, pourveur. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman porveur, pourveour, purvaiour, purveiour, purveur, purveour and Middle French pourveur (mid 13th cent. in Old French (chiefly Northern) as porveeur , porveor , porveour , pourveeur , etc.; Middle French, French pourvoyeur ) person who supplies food or other necessities to a household, hospital, convent, etc. (mid 13th cent. in Old French), domestic officer responsible for procuring provisions for the household of a monarch (1300 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), person who procures or supplies something in general (first half of the 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman with reference to St Stephen whose martyrdom caused many married women and widows to be converted to Christianity; apparently not paralleled in continental French until later (late 17th cent.)), official responsible for the provision of necessities to an army (first half of the 14th cent.), person who prepares or prearranges something (first half of the 14th cent.) < porveeir , purveeir , etc. purvey v. + -or , -our , -ur -or suffix. Compare purvey v. With the β. forms compare Anglo-Norman proveyour (late 14th cent. or earlier in sense ‘caterer’; compare Middle French (Walloon, Burgundy) proveur (mid 15th cent.)), variant (with prefix substitution; compare pro- prefix¹) of porveur , purveur , etc. Compare provider n., provisor n. II.Apparently originally stressed on the final syllable, occasionally also on the first; the modern stress pattern is after purvey v. Attested earlier as a surname (e.g. Ralph le Purueur (1232)), although it is unclear whether this should be interpreted as reflecting the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word. In forms pourvoyer , purvoyer (compare quots. 1666, 1683 at ε. forms) after French pourvoyeur. 1. a. A domestic officer responsible for procuring or requisitioning provisions (as food, lodging, etc.) for the household of a monarch or other high-ranking person (cf. purveyance n. 5b.) Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority > for public service > one who purveyora1325 taker1423 impressor1781 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xli. 104 Ant alle þulke nimares, ant purueiares, ant tasturs of þe king, ne nimen noþing bote þat hoem nede bihouez for þe king. 1423–4 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1909) I. 297 (MED) It is ordeyned..that no purveour ne catour make purveaunce or achate for the Kynges hous of ony thynge to the value of xl s. or withinne if he make not full payement in hond. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 189 As a purveyour goth be-forn to takyn an jn for his mayster. c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iv. 13 To paie þe pore peple þat his puruyours toke. a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) iii. sig. F I must needes haue your maisters horses... I am the kings Purueyer, And I tell thee I will haue them. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Purveyor, an Officer of the King or other great Personage, that provides Corn and other Victual for the house of him whose Officer he is. 1732 J. Farmer Hist. Waltham 178 These four Houses were given by Green, Purveyor to King James the First, for four Widows. 1776 C. Parkin Hist. & Antiq. Yarmouth v. 136 No purveyor of the king should forcibly take any thing for his use out of this burgh. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. xiii. 323 The Queen's purveyors had been abroad, sweeping the farms and villages of those articles usually exacted during a royal Progress. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xvi. 415 The hated name of purveyor was [sc. in 1360] to be exchanged for that of buyer. 1945 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. New Ser. 35 18/2 Purveyors were required to pay ready money and were prohibited from taking timber, horses and carts without the consent of the owner. 1999 Past & Present 162 20 One man remembered Edward I's war with Philip the Fair only as the occasion when the king's purveyors took two of his hogs without paying. b. A person who procures, provides, or supplies something; spec. a person whose business is the provision of food or other material necessities. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provider or supplier purveyor1340 supplier1384 purveyoressc1400 providerc1485 suppeditator1542 furnisher1611 subministrator1625 sitarch1656 caterer1706 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 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > purveyor purveyor1340 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 100 He ys uader, he is diȝtere and gouernour and porueyour [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues purueyour] to his mayne. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. iv. 2 He durst saye the purueyoure [L. provisoremque] of the citee and defender of his folc and louer of the lawe of God, enmye, or traitour, of the rewme. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 1997 He is..A pourveour and an aspie. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 468 For ellis he hadde not be anentis us to gidere wijsist purueier and tendirist louer. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 358 All maner of purveyars purveyde, that there lacked nothynge that myght be gotyn for golde nother sylver, nothir of wylde nor tame. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 375 This man serued the person as Purueyour of his poultrie. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes v. vi. 265 I love the Sea, She is my fellow-Creature; My carefull Purveyor; She provides me store. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Opsonator, a buyer or purveyor of meats. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 152 The Spaniard..was their Guide himself, and their Purveyor also. 1760 S. Johnson Idler 9 Feb. 41 Wealthy Plodders were only Purveyors for Men of Spirit. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 127 b Mr. Allingham has not proved himself an indolent purveyor for the dramatic corps. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 240 A shoe~maker, or perhaps some other purveyor to our bodily wants. 1891 Daily News 15 July 3/3 Mr. Morton moved to reduce the vote by 50l. allowance to the purveyor of luncheons. 1959 J. Thompson Getaway iv. 22 The bombs could have been purchased ready-made, of course, but Doc distrusted the purveyors of such items. 1994 Times 6 Aug. 20/3 Comes in handy, professional competence, particularly if you are a purveyor of life assurance policies. c. An official responsible for the provision of necessities to an army, city, etc. Now rare (chiefly historical).In quots. 1789, 1791: †an officer who provides timber for the navy (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provider or supplier > official purveyorc1425 society > armed hostility > warrior > others concerned with military affairs > [noun] > sutler purveyorc1425 clerk of the victualsc1570 sutler1590 victualler1591 vivandier1591 provanta1625 society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > other English officials wicknerc1000 purveyorc1425 remembrancer1431 Clerk of the Market1451 secondary1461 water bailiff1590 Master of the Jewel House1597 clerk of the remembrance1607 well-reeve?1648 stairer1695 bar-keeper1818 waste-inspector1898 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > naval officials > [noun] > officials providing specific services agent-victualler1769 purveyor1789 constructor1866 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 1188 (MED) Thelephus..was..wonder fre..To socour hem, commaundinge anoon His puruyours in al haste to goon..To take up vitaille for þe Grekis host. c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 68 I fynde by hys bokes of hys purveours how yn every castelle, forteresse, and cyte or towne he wolde hafe grete providence of vitaille. 1576 R. Robinson tr. F. Patrizi Moral Methode Ciuile Policie f. 30^v Let therfore first and principall care be for competent prouision of victuall, namely bread corne..and let there bee made three Purueyghours, or principall victuallers. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 175 To heare of the Treasurer and purveiour generall of the armie in Armenia. 1654 S. Lennard tr. S. Mazzella Parthenopoeia i. 41 He was in great account with Pope Paul the fourth, by whom he was created in Rome Purveyor of the Store, and General of the Army. 1715 Compend. Hist. George the Farmer 8 George would have made an excellent Purveyor of an Army, to have fed the hungry Troops by Contract. 1789 G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne 4 The oaks of Temple and Blackmoor stand high in the estimation of purveyors, and have furnished much naval timber. 1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery II. 22 Besides these ancient officers of the forest, there is one of later institution... He is called the purveyor, and is appointed by the commissioner of the dock at Portsmouth. His business is to assign timber for the use of the navy. 1809 Duke of Wellington Let. 13 Dec. in Dispatches (1838) V. 365 The usual allowances, which the Purveyor General of the British Army will pay. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xii. 232 Both Essex and Ralegh acted as purveyors of the fleet. 1883 Fortn. Rev. July 122 The Purveyor-in-Chief was to furnish everything required for the hospital service. 1921 Times 7 Oct. 9/1 Even contracts for uniforms and boots, as well as for food, are made by each regiment with its own purveyor. 1981 William & Mary Q. 38 746 In early 1778 he was appointed purveyor general and deputy director general of the Middle Department. †2. A person who prepares or prearranges something; a manager, a director. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator purveyora1387 provisora1393 controller1422 administrator1440 administera1443 administrant1602 admin1629 conductor1634 dispensatora1649 dispenser1654 manager1682 mesnagier1693 prepositor1698 wielder1723 administrador1803 policeman1806 administrative1813 manipulator1823 runner1893 case manager1969 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 147 As it were to þe comoun provyour [v.r. purvyour; ?a1475 anon. tr. provisor; L. provisori] of alle. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 11003 (MED) For right was þat þe purueur Suld cum befor þe sauueur. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xix. 255 My prowor [v.rr. proweour, prowyour, purveour; c1400 C text v.rr. prower, prowour, prouour, puruyour] & my plowman Piers shal ben on erthe. 1571 in J. G. Nichols Narr. Reformation (1859) 112 He was suer of sedition and preuyer of unlawfull assemblies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1325
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