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Supplier

One who supplies.

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Broader term 1

Bourgeois 76% connected

A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Narrower term 8

Caterer 76% connected

One who caters.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Connection 76% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dispenser 76% connected

One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Distributer 76% connected

One who, or that which, distributes or deals out anything; a dispenser.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Purveyor 76% connected

One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recruiter 76% connected

One who, or that which, recruits.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sutler 76% connected

A person who follows an army, and sells to the troops provisions, liquors, and the like.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Victualer 76% connected

One who furnishes victuals.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Render 74% connected

One who rends.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Render 74% connected

One who rends.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Provider 92% connected

One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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