Pro*vi"sor (?), n. [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.
© Webster 1913.