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Definition of Proviant
1. provand [n -S] - See also: provand
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proviant
Literary usage of Proviant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"—"The English regiment did get weekely meanes, whereas we were entertained on
proviant bread, beere —and bacon." Monro's Expedition, p. 5. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"proviant, adj. Provided for a special purpose. —" The English regiment did get
weekely meanes, whereas we were entertained on prônant bread, ..."
3. The British Army: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment by James Sibbald David Scott, Sibbald David Scott (1868)
"The officer at the head of this department was the proviant Master-General.
Such officers had been in existence before in a more limited capacity, ..."
4. Cromwell's Army: A History of the English Soldier During the Civil Wars, the by Charles Harding Firth (1902)
"He hath no power to sell any proviant under what pretence soever, ... This general
proviant- master hath under him a lieutenant, a secretary, a clerk, ..."
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