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English
Etymology
From Italian proveditore, provveditore, from provedere, Latin providere. See provide. Doublet of purveyor and provedore.
Noun
proveditor (plural proveditors)
- One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another.
1649, Jeremy Taylor, The Great Exemplar: Or, The Life of Our Ever-blessed Saviour Jesus Christ:The entertainment, that S. John's Proveditore the Angel gave him.
References
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian provveditore.
Noun
proveditor m (plural proveditori)
- (historical) superintendent
Declension
References
- proveditor in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN