Meaning & use
purveyor
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A person or business that supplies or deals in a particular kind of goods, especially food.
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The shop bills itself as a purveyor of fine cheeses and imported wines.
He was once a purveyor of rare books, sourcing first editions from estate sales.
A note on using this word
'Purveyor' often appears in formal or old-fashioned business names to sound distinguished, as in 'purveyors of fine goods.'
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