PROVENDER Definition & Meaning

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provender

[ prov-uhn-der ]

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noun

dry food, as hay or oats, for livestock or other domestic animals; fodder.
food; provisions.

provender

/ ˈ��ɒ��ɪ�Ի�ə /

noun

any dry feed or fodder for domestic livestock
food in general

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of provender¹

1275–1325; Middle English provendre, from Old French, variant of provende “prebend, provender,” from Medieval Latin ��ō��Ի岹, alteration of praebenda prebend, perhaps by association with Latin ��ō��ŧ�� “to look out for, provide ”

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of provender¹

C14: from Old French provendre, from Late Latin praebenda grant, from Latin ��ŧ�� to proffer; influenced also by Latin ��ō��ŧ�� to look after

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Some of us went to have a peek at the egg, which it had left open, and its stack of provender.

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Besides their livestock and the wild provender found in the hills, the Dongria still farm as many as twenty-five or thirty crops.

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‘And you need not turn up your nose at the provender, Master Gimli,’ said Merry.

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Bringing up young hobbits took a lot of provender.

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While Mr. Steelman’s food doesn’t have the dramatic flair of Mr. Burke’s, it remains creative and often surprising, somewhat global, and focused on American provender.

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