PURVEYOR

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer.

2.
n.

An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household. [Eng.]

3.
n.

a procurer; a pimp; a bawd. Addison.


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