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provider|prəʊˈvaɪdə(r)|
Also 6 -or.
[f. provide v. + -er1.]
One who provides or supplies; a purveyor. lion's provider: see lion 2 f.
1523in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford (1880) 34 No purveyor, providor, or taker of victualls for the King's howshould. 1550Bale Eng. Votaries ii. Pref., This chaplayne of the deuyll was a generall prouyder for the oyled fathers there. 1698G. Thomas Pensilvania 41 Gratitude to our Plentiful Provider, the great Creator of Heaven and Earth. 1774–1831 Lion's provider [see lion 2 f]. 1827D. Johnson Ind. Field Sports 91 We heard at a distance the Pheāll (commonly called the Lion or Tigers provider) which is a jackal. 1852Jerdan Autobiog. II. viii. 88 Our skilful provider for popular curiosity brought over Buonaparte's coachman. 1879Daily News 25 Mar. 4/7 Mr. Whiteley,..equally well known as the Universal Provider.
Hence proˈvideress, a female provider. rare—0.
1611Cotgr., Pourvoyeuse, a Prouideresse, or Purueyeresse.
Add:b. spec. One who provides the means to support a family, a bread-winner. Freq. as good provider.
1862C. F. Browne A. Ward his Book 226 Then I axed him was Lewis a good provider? 1885I. M. Rittenhouse Jrnl. 25 Sept. in Maud (1939) xi. 358 He knew Elmer to be reliable and steady, one who would be always a good ‘provider’ and take care of me. 1914in H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. (1944) 480/1 A generous husband. A good purvider. 1969P. Roth Portnoy's Complaint 149 Just think of the years to come—her two babies without a father, herself without a husband and provider. 1986R. Frame Long Weekend (1988) 28 His wife became the provider, living on her wits, and he became the dependent. |