† prog mann.
Obsolete. rare.
A person appointed to forage for food and supplies; a forager, purveyor.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer
purveyor1340
victualler1377
caterc1400
purveyoressc1400
achatourc1405
acaterc1415
providerc1485
provenderc1530
meatsman1567
caterer1592
proveditor1592
viander1598
foregoer1601
meat-man1614
prog man1618
provedore1631
provisioner1633
meater1643
opsonator1656
sutler1710
1618 in Wotton's Lett. (1850) 79 The same daye five prog men, common soldiers who were sent wth money in their purses to buye victualls, were cruelly murdered.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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