proveditor

English

Etymology

From Italian proveditore, provveditore, from provedere, Latin providere. See provide. Doublet of purveyor and provedore.

Noun

proveditor (plural proveditors)

1. One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another.
   • 1649, Jeremy Taylor, The Great Exemplar: Or, The Life of Our Ever-blessed Saviour Jesus Christ:

     The entertainment, that S. John's Proveditore the Angel gave him.

References

• “proveditor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian provveditore.

Noun

proveditor m (plural proveditori)

1. (historical) superintendent

Declension

Declension of proveditor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) proveditor	proveditorul	(niște) proveditori	proveditorii
genitive/dative	(unui) proveditor	proveditorului	(unor) proveditori	proveditorilor
vocative	proveditorule		proveditorilor

References

• proveditor in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN