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purveyor
[ per-vey-er ]
noun
- a person who purveys, provides, or supplies:
a purveyor of foods; a purveyor of lies.
- Old English Law. an officer who provided or acquired provisions for the sovereign under the prerogative of purveyance.
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We’re being inundated with mass amounts of ugliness, and the purveyors of this unsightly deluge want to bury us so deeply that we’ll forget how pleasant the world can be.
These are meant to be the anesthetizing accompaniment to playlists featuring purveyors of sonic wallpaper made to help your whole body chill out — a vibe-fest, on demand.
“The ‘Godfather of freak folk’ was for a prolific half-century the purveyor of an eccentric genius and compassionate wit.
All in all, Simpson distinguished himself as a foul-mouthed purveyor of misinformation about Social Security.
Morrissey was assigned to Williams’ case but wasn’t too familiar with the purveyor of petty, according to a report by Vanity Fair.
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