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provender

pro·ven·der

UK/ˈpɹɒvɪndə/ US/ˈpɹɒvəndə/ uncommon dated

noun

1.

food for domestic livestock

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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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