单词 | provedore |
释义 | provedoren. 1. A chief officer; a commander, governor, overseer; spec. = proveditor n. 1. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > in Venetian republic proveditor1549 provedore1571 provisor1579 consula1616 magistrate of the pomps1705 1571 R. Hakluyt Let. 28 Feb. in E. G. R. Taylor Orig. Writings & Corr. Two R. Hakluyts (1935) i. 90 With this providoro Petro Vedogo, a knight of the order of Seynt Jago..the berer hereof dwelled [app. in Spain]. 1578 J. Whithal Let. 26 June in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) iii. 638 I talked with the prouedor and the captaine [on an app. Portuguese ship]. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. iii. 4/2 By fauour and good will of the Proueador [Du. proveador], which is the chiefe officer of the [Portuguese] Admiraltie. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 6 The Gouernor of the Iland [sc. Zante]..whom they call the Prouidore, with two Consiglieri, all gentlemen of Venice. 1805 T. Lindley Narr. Voy. to Brasil 130 Till they should obtain the permission also of the provedore of the custom-house. 1907 M. Hume Court of Philip IV viii. 301 The Count..had sold the sergeancy of the guard for 1100 ducats; the provedor of the guard paid him fifty reals every day. 1977 Jrnl. Lat. Amer. Stud. 9 22 Because of restrictions placed by provedores many rich men were buried as paupers and many a young widow was made destitute. 2. A purveyor, caterer, steward; = proveditor n. 2. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ 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 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iii. iv. 129 in Wks. II Ingine's your Pro'uedor. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. xiv. 355 A Providore, who looks abroad into the Country for the supply of his Charge. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 332 The Proviedore, or Steward of the Monastery, had taken great Care all along. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 241 He then demanded Another, and Another, and so on, till the Providore, who had looked and longed in vain to see him drop, ran pannic-struck to his Master. 1814 W. Scott in J. Swift Wks. II. 182 Mr Richard Estcourt, a player..was Providore of the Beef-steak Club. 1826 T. I. Wharton in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania I. 151 Jewels and diamonds to be sold by Robert Bell, humble provedore to the sentimentalists. 1878 A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xiv. 231 Watching our proveedor, as he went about collecting things by ones and twos. 1900 F. T. Bullen Men of Merchant Service 184 It was then usual (in intercolonial steamers) for all the ship's provisions to be supplied by a speculator on shore, whom we called the providore. 1999 Courier Mail (Queensland) 31 Mar. 45 There are daily specials as well as a seafood dish that is decided upon by chef..after a chat to the provedore each morning. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > place for storing food > [noun] cellar?c1225 larderc1305 pantrya1325 butleryc1325 spencec1386 larder-house1390 aumbrya1398 lardinera1400 meatfettle1440 spinde1481 selyer1483 pantyr?a1500 vault1500 eschansonnery1514 lardrya1552 lard-house1555 coveyc1593 brine-house1594 dispense1622 reservatory1647 provedore1694 ice cellar1735 spring house1755 provision house1787 futtah1834 pataka1842 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 57 To observe..what stock of Provisions is stored in their Providors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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