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单词 purveyoress
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purveyoressn.

Brit. /pəˌveɪəˈrɛs/, /pəˈveɪərəs/, U.S. /pərˈveɪərəs/
Forms: Middle English purueyresse, Middle English puruyouresse, 1600s purueyeresse, 1800s– purveyoress.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: purveyor n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < purveyor n. + -ess suffix1. Compare Old French porvesrece woman who supplies provisions for a hospital (1270), French pourvoyeuse female purveyor (1611 in Cotgrave; now chiefly in senses ‘procuress’ and (with reference to (grammatically feminine) personifications of abstract nouns) ‘thing which provides’).
rare.
A female purveyor.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provider or supplier
purveyor1340
supplier1384
purveyoressc1400
providerc1485
suppeditator1542
furnisher1611
subministrator1625
sitarch1656
caterer1706
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
c1400 (?a1375) Abbey Holy Ghost (Laud) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 330 (MED) Purueyresse [v.r. puruyouresse; c1440 Thornton Damesele Resone sall be puruerere, For scho sall ordayne with-in & with owttyn so skilfully þat þere ne be no defaute].
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pourvoyeuse, a Prouideresse, or Purueyeresse.
1868 P. Fitzgerald Dear Girl I. xviii. 238 Blessings, we may say again, on those honest purveyoresses whose delight is to set down something good and appetising.
1883 E. Lloyd Grumbleby Hall I. xxvi. 365 The purveyoress of the establishment was too busily engaged with the pancake to return his salutation.
1926 Time 21 June 13/2 Mrs. ‘Temperance’ Fisher, ‘only female wholesale liquor dealer in England’, purveyoress of kümmel to the House of Lords, electrified Tory topers last week by announcing that she now receives periodic shipments of Soviet vodka.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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