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purveyor n

One who purveys (“furnishes, provides; gets, procures”); a supplier; specifically, one in the business of supplying food or other necessary material goods; a provisioner. (UK, historical) An officer who obtained provisions such as accommodation and food for the household of a monarch or some other high-ranking person; also, an officer in charge of obtaining provisions for an army, a city, etc. (figurative) A person or group that promotes or spreads an idea, a viewpoint, etc. (obsolete) One who arranges or prepares something; an arranger, an orchestrator, a preparer.

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