purveyor

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /pɚˈveɪɚ/ UK /pəˈveɪə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person or company that supplies goods or services

The shop was a purveyor of fine teas and rare spices.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person or company that... supplier provider seller vendor caterer retailer distributor

Opposites

consumer buyer

Word family

Related forms purvey purveyance provide provision

Etymology

From Anglo-French purveour, from purveier ('to provide, foresee'), Old French porveoir, from Latin providere ('to foresee, provide').

porveoir Old French providere Latin videre Latin

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style

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# purveyor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pɚˈveɪɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /pəˈveɪə/

## Meanings
1. a person or company that supplies goods or services

## Examples
- The shop was a purveyor of fine teas and rare spices.

## Synonyms
- supplier
- provider
- seller
- vendor
- caterer
- retailer
- distributor

## Antonyms
- consumer
- buyer

## Related Forms
- purvey
- purveyance
- provide
- provision

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: porveoir
- Root: providere
- Root: videre

## Etymology
From Anglo-French purveour, from purveier ('to provide, foresee'), Old French porveoir, from Latin providere ('to foresee, provide').

## AI Etymology
Purveyor is from Anglo-French purveour, from purveier ('to provide, foresee'), Old French porveoir, from Latin providere ('to foresee, provide'). Important recorded forms include porveoir (Old French), providere (Latin), and videre (Latin). Morphologically, the ending or combining element turns the older base into the present English part of speech. The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers a person or company that supplies goods or services. The wider family includes related words such as purvey, purveyance, provide, and provision.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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