Provender Definition

prŏvən-dər
noun
Dry food for livestock, as hay, corn, oats, etc.; fodder.
Webster's New World
Provisions; food.
Webster's New World

An edible material that provides sustenance.

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Other Word Forms of Provender

Noun

Singular:
provender
Plural:
provenders

Origin of Provender

  • From Middle English provendre, from Old French provendre, var. of provende (“allowance, provision"), from Late Latin praebenda (“a payment, in Medieval Latin also an allowance of food and drink, pittance, also a prebend"); see prebend.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English provendre from Old French alteration of provende from Vulgar Latin prōvenda alteration (influenced by Latin prōvidēre to provide) of Late Latin praebenda prebend

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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