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单词 purveyor
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Definition of purveyor in English:

purveyor

noun pəːˈveɪəpəˈveɪəpərˈveɪər
  • 1A person who sells or deals in particular goods.

    a purveyor of large luxury vehicles
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many quarries, including those at Portland, were solely suppliers and purveyors of the stone.
    • It seems like every time a fashion magazine starts up, a new denim line gets touted purveyor of the latest ‘it’ jeans.
    • Verily did his disciples come, and the supporting acts, and the media, and the t-shirt sellers, and the purveyors of greasy food.
    • European hoteliers, retailers, and purveyors of luxury goods are rolling out the red carpet.
    • The point is that adolescent fury needs an outlet and such colourful purveyors of antisocial behaviour provide a relatively safe channel for it.
    Synonyms
    seller, vendor, trader, retailer, supplier, provider, stockist, tout, trafficker, pedlar, hawker
    1. 1.1 A person or group who spreads or promotes an idea, view, etc.
      a purveyor of traditional Christian values
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is not an accident that the protagonists of cultural nationalism are also purveyors of globalisation that throws open the floodgates of cultural neo-colonialism.
      • One can only urge purveyors of such nonsense to stop embarrassing themselves.
      • The mass media are discredited as purveyors of the true.
      • Apparently, today's purveyors of pagan religions have sidestepped this question by changing the labels.
      • But they should be required to answer basic questions before being included in that rare category: purveyor of truth.
      • The first and perhaps most difficult to define was the academy's role as purveyor of moral virtue.
      • They are also purveyors of a number of pious myths about American politics.
      • But the real purveyors of violence are deeply wedded to the very conditions that give rise to these forms of struggle.
      • Again, the point here is not to paint Spike Lee as a consistent purveyor of radical politics.
      • Unusually among modernist artists, this supposed purveyor of nihilism was a militant of the left rather than the right.
      • These papers are not neutral purveyors of information.
      • Those that understand that we are at war with terroristic purveyors of medieval viciousness know that we cannot reason with our adversaries.
      • The author makes certain, however, to start his article in a fashion exemplary of purveyors of pseudoscience.
      • If you are a purveyor of bad science, be afraid.
      • He said, no longer should they be voiceless, since they too were purveyors of wisdom.
      • While conflict is bound to happen, especially in a larger family, middle kids make great purveyors of peace.

Rhymes

abaya, betrayer, conveyor, Eritrea, flayer, Freya, gainsayer, layer, Malaya, Marbella, Maya, Mayer, Nouméa, obeyer, payer, player, portrayer, prayer, preyer, slayer, sprayer, stayer, strayer, surveyor, waylayer, weigher

Definition of purveyor in US English:

purveyor

nounpərˈvāərpərˈveɪər
  • 1A person who sells or deals in particular goods.

    a purveyor of large luxury vehicles
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Verily did his disciples come, and the supporting acts, and the media, and the t-shirt sellers, and the purveyors of greasy food.
    • European hoteliers, retailers, and purveyors of luxury goods are rolling out the red carpet.
    • It seems like every time a fashion magazine starts up, a new denim line gets touted purveyor of the latest ‘it’ jeans.
    • The point is that adolescent fury needs an outlet and such colourful purveyors of antisocial behaviour provide a relatively safe channel for it.
    • Many quarries, including those at Portland, were solely suppliers and purveyors of the stone.
    Synonyms
    seller, vendor, trader, retailer, supplier, provider, stockist, tout, trafficker, pedlar, hawker
    1. 1.1 A person or group that spreads or promotes an idea, view, etc.
      a purveyor of traditional Christian values
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If you are a purveyor of bad science, be afraid.
      • The mass media are discredited as purveyors of the true.
      • Those that understand that we are at war with terroristic purveyors of medieval viciousness know that we cannot reason with our adversaries.
      • They are also purveyors of a number of pious myths about American politics.
      • Unusually among modernist artists, this supposed purveyor of nihilism was a militant of the left rather than the right.
      • But they should be required to answer basic questions before being included in that rare category: purveyor of truth.
      • But the real purveyors of violence are deeply wedded to the very conditions that give rise to these forms of struggle.
      • These papers are not neutral purveyors of information.
      • Apparently, today's purveyors of pagan religions have sidestepped this question by changing the labels.
      • The first and perhaps most difficult to define was the academy's role as purveyor of moral virtue.
      • He said, no longer should they be voiceless, since they too were purveyors of wisdom.
      • Again, the point here is not to paint Spike Lee as a consistent purveyor of radical politics.
      • One can only urge purveyors of such nonsense to stop embarrassing themselves.
      • It is not an accident that the protagonists of cultural nationalism are also purveyors of globalisation that throws open the floodgates of cultural neo-colonialism.
      • While conflict is bound to happen, especially in a larger family, middle kids make great purveyors of peace.
      • The author makes certain, however, to start his article in a fashion exemplary of purveyors of pseudoscience.
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