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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROVI'DER, n. One who provides, furnishes or supplies; one that procures what is wanted.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity [syn: supplier, provider]
2: someone who provides the means for subsistence

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1523 one that provides <health-care providers> <an Internet provider>; especially breadwinner

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a person or thing that provides. 2 the breadwinner of a family etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Provider Pro*vid"er, n. One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see provide

Moby Thesaurus

caterer, chandler, commissariat, commissary, donor, furnisher, manciple, merchant, patron, provisioner, purveyor, quartermaster, retailer, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, supplier, sutler, victualer, vivandier