provider
pruh-VY-der/pɹəˈvaɪ.dɚ/Saypruh-VY-duhUK/pɹəˈvaɪ.də(ɹ)/AUS/pɹəˈvɑɪ.də(ɹ)/
Pluralproviders
- 1A person or thing that supplies a service or commodity, or the means someone needs to live.
Call your internet service provider if the connection keeps dropping.
After her husband's injury, she became the family's only provider.
Similarsupplier, breadwinner
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Origin
Formed from provide + -er; in use since the 15th century.