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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 armyplay

  Familiarity information: PROVISIONER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PROVISIONER (noun)


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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