provedore

Definitions

noun A person or business which provides stores and supplies to ships, such as food and beverages.

From Spanish proveedor or Portuguese provedor ("provider"), perhaps via Venetian. From Latin prōvideō ("I foresee").

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Mitchell's Provedores: Unprovedorable Cosmo7 2009
'' Curtin, by virtue of the location, is more difficult to provedore, more difficult to access, '' Mr Ruddock said.

The Age News Headlines 2010
'' Curtin, by virtue of the location, is more difficult to provedore, more difficult to access, '' Mr Ruddock said.

The Age News Headlines 2010
The 56-year-old chef wants to work closer to her home at Whale Beach, where her neighbours include chef Greg Doyle and provedore Simon Johnson.

The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010
(from lands) and the provedore, or fteward of the monaftery, had taken great care all along, that the incumbent, that is to fay, my partner, gave every year a faithful account of the produce, of which they received duly my moiety.

The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who Lived Eight ... 1790