1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Provisor \Pro*vi"sor\, noun [L., fr. providere: cf. F. proviseur. See {Provide}.] 1. One who provides; a purveyor. [Obs.] ''The chief provisor of our horse.'' --Ford. 2. (R. C. Ch.) (a) The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house. --Cowell. (b) One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See {Provision}, 5. --P. Plowman. 3. (Eng. Hist.) One who procures or receives a papal provision. See {Provision}, 6.

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