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provender

prov·en·der [ próvvəndər ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. food for livestock: food for livestock, especially hay or other dry fodder ( archaic )

2. food: food ( literary or humorous )

[14th century. < Old French provendre, variant of provende, alteration (influenced by Latin providere "to supply") of praebenda "things to be given"]
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