A purveyor is a person or organization that supplies goods, often specializing in particular types of products, such as food, beverages, or luxury items. They play a key role in the distribution chain, sourcing quality items to sell to retailers, restaurants, or directly to consumers. The term can also imply a focus on high-quality or artisanal offerings.
The purveyor of foods brought in the shiptment today.
A person who provides specialist food items may be called a 'purveyor' of those items. So someone who sells tea is a purveyor of tea.
The term "purveyor" comes from the French word "porveor" which itself comes from the Middle English word "pourveour." This word dates back to 1250-1300.
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the purveyor of foods brought in the supply for today.
A Pie Man (a seller or purveyor of pies).
Purveyor called European imports
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A Pie Man (a seller or purveyor of pies).
The noun forms of the verb to purvey are purveyor, purveyance, and the gerund, purveying.
Chicken breeders could be referred to as chicken wranglers; sellers of chicken meat for food would be meat marketers.
Pier one retailers are the purveyors of high quality household decor items