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† prower Obs. rare.
Also 4 -or, -our.
[ad. OF. provere-s nom. (13th c. in Godef.), obl. proveur, var. of porveor purveyor, f. por-, purveeir to purvey.]
‘Purveyor, provider of necessaries’ (Skeat, Notes to P. Pl.).
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xix. 255 My prowor and my plowman, Piers shal ben on erthe [v. rr. prowyour, purveour; C. xxii. 260 prower, v. rr. prowour, prouour, puruyour]. c1449Pecock Repr. iv. viii. 467 Crist which was..oure beest prower, ordeyned al that was best for us to haue. |