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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[It.

proveditore

provveditore

, fr.

provedere

, L.

providere

. See

, and cf.

One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another.

Jer. Taylor.

proveditor ‎(plural proveditors)

One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another.
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