Definition of Provedors

1. provedor [n] - See also: provedor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Provedors

provant
provascular
prove
prove oneself
prove out
proveably
provect
provection
provections
proved
proveditor
proveditors
provedor
provedore
provedores
provedors (current term)
proven
provenance
provenanced
provenances
provend
provender
provenders
provends
provenience
proveniences
provenly
proventricle
proventricles
proventriculi

Literary usage of Provedors

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Marquis of Pombal: With Extracts from His Writings, and from by John Smith Athelstane Carnota (1843)
"... in the reputation of the wines invented for their own advantage; and the malversations of the provedors, deputies, and other officers of the Company. ..."

2. The Marquis of Pombal by John Smith Athelstane Carnota (1871)
"... in the reputation of the wines invented for their own advantage ; and the malversations of the provedors, deputies, and other officers of the Company. ..."

3. The Marquis of Pombal by John Smith Athelstane Carnota (1871)
"And neither did the English for having been firmly opposed, nor the husbandmen of the Douro for having been imprisoned and punished, nor the provedors and ..."

4. History of the War in the Peninsula, Under Napoleon by Maximilien Foy (1827)
"... the provedors, and particularly the Juiz de Fora, manifested uneasiness at the outset. The correspondence of the Intendant-general of the French police ..."

5. History of the War in the Peninsula, Under Napoleon: To which is Prefixed a by Maximilien Foy (1829)
"... the provedors, and particularly the Juiz de Fora, manifested uneasiness at the outset. The correspondence of the Intendant-general of the French police ..."

6. Pluto Brasiliensis: Eine Reihe von Abhandlungen über Brasiliens Gold by Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege (1833)
"... in Gegenwart des provedors einen Ersatz für ihre Arbeiten und Hülfe verlangen. 29. Wenn die, welche Antheil an einem Gange haben, ihre Grenzsteine nach ..."

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