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Added 9 October 2026

provender

/ˈpɹɒvɪndə/ noun

Latin root: praebenda Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about provender at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Food for domestic livestock.
A stock or supply of foods.

Origin

From Middle English provendre, from Old French provendre, variant of provende (“allowance, provision”), from Late Latin praebenda (“a payment, in Medieval Latin also an allowance of food and drink, pittance, also a prebend”). Doublet of prebend.

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