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provider

noun as in breadwinner

noun as in supplier

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The TVA, a federally owned and chartered electric power provider, is a New Deal legacy just like Social Security.

DISH is the first and only provider to offer the Netflix app.

No trained medical provider could possibly expect to nourish a patient this way.

The same test was also recommended by my new primary-care doctor, another “in-network” provider.

The former believed in the role of the state as a provider, while the latter favored an iron fist approach to governance.

Surely, if the earth were made for our benefit, Nature has been not only a very poor provider, but a very thoughtless parent.

Jot ain't a very good provider, nor he ain't a man that 's much use round a farm, but he 's such a fav'rite I can't blame him.

For on the morning following Geyer's death Rosalie swore to take his place as provider for the family, and that promise she kept.

Now the helplessness of this little family, for whom he was the provider, tugged at a swelling heart.

It shows a lack of appreciation and gratitude to the Provider when one is slack about cheerfully doing his part, said the Captain.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to provider, such as: jobholder, laborer, worker, income producer, meal ticket, and one who brings home the bacon.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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