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Proveditor [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. PROVED'ITOR

2. PROVEDO'RE, noun A purveyor; one employed to procure supplies for an army.

3. Proveditor, in Venice and other parts of Italy, is an officer who superintends matters of policy.

Proveditor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another.