What is "provisioners"

Usage examples of "provisioners".

He beats me, and cheats his customers, and cheats his provisioners and wine merchants, too.

There were stalls selling every kind of weapon, armorers sweating naked by their forges as they repaired or reforged pieces, provisioners extolling the virtue of their preserved fare.

It did not really occur to me-as yet-to wonder whether all of these bodies had been obtained by robbing graves, or whether the strict requirements for freshness had encouraged our new provisioners to adopt even more enterprising methods.

He would be compelled to face an army built around Argonathi legions, with dragons and cavalry and all the formidable skills of engineers and provisioners that the Empire of the Rose was famous for.

It is sent downstream daily to the town provisioners on barges, together with grain, fruit, and other produce from the farms, such as olive oil and wine.

They all had streets where the provisioners of the garrison worked, and they all had carnivals, though not all at once.

He took the drow to the finest provisioners in all of Blingdenstone and paid for the supplies out of his own pocket.