provedore

noun

prov·​e·​dore

variants or less commonly provedor or providore

ˈprävəˌdō(ə)r,

-dȯ(ə)r

plural -s

: purveyor, proveditor

Word History

Etymology

Italian dialect (Venice) providore, variant of proveditore

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