purveyoress
nounEtymology
From purveyor + -ess.
- derived from prōvidēre
- derived from purveour — “one who procures or supplies necessities or things in general; one who arranges or prepares something”
- derived from pourveur
- derived from purveour
- 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”
Definitions
A female purveyor.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA