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PROVISIONER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does provisioner mean?
• PROVISIONER (noun)
The noun PROVISIONER has 1 sense:
1. a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
Familiarity information: PROVISIONER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
provisioner; sutler; victualer; victualler
Hypernyms ("provisioner" is a kind of...):
provider; supplier (someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity)
Derivation:
provision (supply with provisions)
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