procurer
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7.5
- noun
- /prəˈkjʊrər/
:
comprador
- As a seasoned event planner, she often acts as a procurer of unique venues for her clients' celebrations.
Examples
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"Every trade has its skullduggers, resurrectionists, procurers.
Fiction book (1997) -
The waiter is the go-between, the procurer.
Fiction book (1996) -
The implementation of the recommendations requires the involvement of multiple stakeholders at all levels, including manufacturers, governments, procurers, and end users.
Academic text (2016) -
And regardless of blame, which is merely shifting one's own blame, Obama is not the sole procurer of jobs and the economy. How many jobs have the House Republicans created?
Blog text (19) -
Luff Imbry is a corpulent procurer of illicit things and a sometime forger of highly desired items.
Blog text (32) -
The procurer of this disguise for the mysterious member of the Mafia, who never existed any more than the owner of this kimono existed as a real character and not as a red herring to confuse and deceive me.
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The procurer responsible for acquiring new software ensured that the company had the best tools for productivity.
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In his role as a procurer, he successfully negotiated contracts that saved the organization significant costs.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who pays money to get goods or services
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2.8
A person who buys goods or property
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5.9
A person or company that buys something to own it
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4.1
A person who buys goods or services for a company
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9.5
A person who buys something in a business or legal deal
A person or organization that buys another company
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Procurer comes from the old Latin parts pro- 'for' and curare 'to take care of'. So a procurer is someone who 'takes care for' another by getting or finding things for them, which is why it means a person who obtains goods or services on behalf of others.