Synonyms for purveyor
Most common
achatour provisor foregoer proveditor caterer provisioner manciple purveyancer
All synonyms
Noun
1. Chandler — one who purveys (“furnishes, provides; gets, procures”); a supplier; specifically, one in the business of…
provider, chandler, achatour, provisor, foregoer, proveditor
Other
caterer, steward, provisioner, manciple, purveyancer, cater dated
Definitions
- n. 1
One who purveys (“furnishes, provides; gets, procures”); a supplier; specifically, one in the business of supplying food or other necessary material goods; a provisioner. 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.
groom purveyor yeoman purveyor
Forms
- Plural
- purveyors → providers, chandlers, achatours, provisors…
Example sentences
- caterer Markku made his pile as a caterer for the well-to-do.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| purveyor | rising | |
| provisor | falling | |
| foregoer | steady | |
| proveditor | steady | |
| caterer | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- cater2
- 7 letters
- steward2, caterer3
- 8 letters
- provider3, chandler2, achatour, provisor, foregoer, manciple
- 10 letters
- proveditor
- 11 letters
- provisioner, purveyancer
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cater2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- pourvoyeur
- Italiano
- fornitore
- Español
- proveedor
- Català
- proveïdor