purveyoress

noun

Etymology

From purveyor + -ess.

  1. derived from *weyd- — “to see
  2. derived from prōvidēre
  3. derived from purveour — “one who procures or supplies necessities or things in general; one who arranges or prepares something
  4. derived from pourveur
  5. derived from purveour
  6. inherited from purveiour — “one who procures or supplies necessities, provider; city, military, religious, or household employee in charge of provisions, steward; one in charge, overseer; one who goes ahead to prepare the way, forerunner; one who arranges accommodations for a traveller; (figurative) one who gathers greedily
  7. suffixed as purveyoress — “purveyor + ess

Definitions

  1. A female purveyor.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA