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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

공급업자

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gong-geup-eop-ja

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Purveyor/pərˈveɪ.ər/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"우리는 신뢰할 수 있는 식료품 공급업자를 찾고 있습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person or business that sells or supplies goods, provisions, or services.

    "The family has been a purveyor of fine wines to the local community for over a century."
  2. 2

    A person or group that spreads or promotes an idea, view, or practice.

    "He is often seen as a purveyor of misinformation and sensationalist news."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Anglo-Norman French 'purveour' and Old French 'porveor', stemming from the Latin verb 'providere' meaning 'to foresee, provide, or attend to'. Historically, it referred to an official charged with purchasing provisions for a royal household or army, later broadening to describe any supplier or seller of goods.

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