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# purveyor

noun (purveyors)

«purveyor» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use) A purveyor is a person who supplies food or goods to a house, a palace or an army, like a shopkeeper who delivers to the king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purveyor/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales the purveyor brings food and goods to the king's house or the lord's castle

### Examples

- The king's purveyor bought fish from the market. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purveyor/#x1)
- The purveyor sent a cart of bread to the castle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purveyor/#x2)
- The purveyor came to the door with the goods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purveyor/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «purveyor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purveyor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«purveyor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/purveyor.html) on Mova free.