purveyor

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

purveyor
    n 1: someone who supplies provisions (especially food)

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Purveyor \Pur*vey"or\, n. [OE. porveour, OF. pourveor, F.
   pourvoyeur. See {Purvey}, and cf. {Proveditor}.]
   1. One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make
      provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision,
      for the king's household. [Eng.]
      [1913 Webster]

   3. a procurer; a pimp; a bawd. --Addison.
      [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Purveyor

   <World-Wide Web> A {World-Wide Web} {server} for {Windows NT}
   and {Windows 95} (when available).

   (http://process.com/).

   E-mail: <[email protected]>.

   (1995-04-11)

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

PURVEYOR. One employed in procuring provisions. Vide Code, 1, 34.

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "purveyor":
      caterer, chandler, commissariat, commissary, donor, furnisher,
      manciple, merchant, patron, provider, provisioner, quartermaster,
      retailer, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, supplier, sutler,
      victualer, vivandier

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