provedore
/ˌprɒvɪˈdɔː/(also provedor, providore)
noun
1A chief officer; a commander, governor, overseer; specifically = proveditor. Now chiefly historical.
2A purveyor, caterer, steward; = proveditor.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Hakluyt (?1552–1616), geographer. Partly from Portuguese provedor, and partly from Spanish proveedor, †provedor. Compare provider.
- not know from nothing
- not know if one is coming or going
- not know one is born
- not know one's arse from one's elbow
- not know shit
- not know shit from Shinola
- not know someone from a bar of soap
- not know someone from Adam
- not know that
- not know the first thing about
- not know the meaning of the word
- not know what hit one
- not know what to do with oneself
- not know where (or which way) to look
- not know where to put oneself
- not know which way (or where) to turn
- not least
- not let the grass grow under one's feet
- not-life
- not likely!
- not like the look (or sound) of
- not-living
- not long ago
- not-me
- not mince words (or one's words)