Word Meanings - PROVIDORE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who makes provision; a purveyor. De Foe.

Related words: (words related to PROVIDORE)

• PROVISIONARY
  Provisional. Burke.
• PROVISIONAL
  Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty.
• MAKESHIFT
  That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.
• PROVISION
  A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation. (more info) 1. The act of providing, or making previous preparation. Shak. 2. That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought
• PURVEYOR
  1. One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer. 2. An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household. 3. a procurer; a pimp; a bawd. Addison.
• PROVISIONALLY
  By way of provision for the time being; temporarily. Locke.
• IMPROVISION
  Improvidence. Sir T. Browne.