purveyoressn.

Brit.

/pəˌveɪəˈrɛs/,

/pəˈveɪərəs/, U.S.

/pərˈveɪərəs/

Forms: Middle English purueyresse, Middle English puruyouresse, 1600s purueyeresse, 1800s– purveyoress.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: purveyor n., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < purveyor n. + -ess suffix¹. Compare Old French porvesrece woman who supplies provisions for a hospital (1270), French pourvoyeuse female purveyor (1611 in Cotgrave; now chiefly in senses ‘procuress’ and (with reference to (grammatically feminine) personifications of abstract nouns) ‘thing which provides’).

rare.

A female purveyor.

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

c1400 (?a1375) Abbey Holy Ghost (Laud) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 330 (MED) Purueyresse [v.r. puruyouresse; c1440 Thornton Damesele Resone sall be puruerere, For scho sall ordayne with-in & with owttyn so skilfully þat þere ne be no defaute].

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pourvoyeuse, a Prouideresse, or Purueyeresse.

1868 P. Fitzgerald Dear Girl I. xviii. 238 Blessings, we may say again, on those honest purveyoresses whose delight is to set down something good and appetising.

1883 E. Lloyd Grumbleby Hall I. xxvi. 365 The purveyoress of the establishment was too busily engaged with the pancake to return his salutation.

1926 Time 21 June 13/2 Mrs. ‘Temperance’ Fisher, ‘only female wholesale liquor dealer in England’, purveyoress of kümmel to the House of Lords, electrified Tory topers last week by announcing that she now receives periodic shipments of Soviet vodka.

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

单词	purveyoress
释义	purveyoressn. Brit. /pəˌveɪəˈrɛs/, /pəˈveɪərəs/, U.S. /pərˈveɪərəs/ Forms: Middle English purueyresse, Middle English puruyouresse, 1600s purueyeresse, 1800s– purveyoress. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: purveyor n., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < purveyor n. + -ess suffix¹. Compare Old French porvesrece woman who supplies provisions for a hospital (1270), French pourvoyeuse female purveyor (1611 in Cotgrave; now chiefly in senses ‘procuress’ and (with reference to (grammatically feminine) personifications of abstract nouns) ‘thing which provides’). rare. A female purveyor. 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 c1400 (?a1375) Abbey Holy Ghost (Laud) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 330 (MED) Purueyresse [v.r. puruyouresse; c1440 Thornton Damesele Resone sall be puruerere, For scho sall ordayne with-in & with owttyn so skilfully þat þere ne be no defaute]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pourvoyeuse, a Prouideresse, or Purueyeresse. 1868 P. Fitzgerald Dear Girl I. xviii. 238 Blessings, we may say again, on those honest purveyoresses whose delight is to set down something good and appetising. 1883 E. Lloyd Grumbleby Hall I. xxvi. 365 The purveyoress of the establishment was too busily engaged with the pancake to return his salutation. 1926 Time 21 June 13/2 Mrs. ‘Temperance’ Fisher, ‘only female wholesale liquor dealer in England’, purveyoress of kümmel to the House of Lords, electrified Tory topers last week by announcing that she now receives periodic shipments of Soviet vodka. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400
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