purveyor
One who gets]], procures; a supplier; specifically, one in the business of supplying food or other necessary material goods; a provisioner.
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As every good purveyor of predictive prophecy should do. 😏 Everyone in North America would have been thinking that the cruise ship must have a serious rodent poop problem, but human to human transmission is a dangero…
Jordan renounced his crimey ways and has pivoted to simple country purveyor of fembots.
Christopher Nolan, noted purveyor of joy
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One who gets]], procures; a supplier; specifically, one in the business of supplying food or other necessary material goods; a provisioner.
The merchants are the purveyors of fine selections.
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(obsolete) One who arranges or prepares something; an arranger, an orchestrator, a preparer.
“As every good purveyor of predictive prophecy should do. 😏 Everyone in North America would have been thinking that the cruise ship must have a serious rodent poop problem, but human to human transmission is a dangerous wrinkle.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Jordan renounced his crimey ways and has pivoted to simple country purveyor of fembots.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(figurative) A person or group that promotes or spreads an idea, a viewpoint, etc.
purveyors of false information
“Christopher Nolan, noted purveyor of joy”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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