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n. One who supplies a means of subsistence: parents who were good providers.

n. One that makes something, such as a service, available: primary health care providers.

n. One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.

n. One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted.

n. One who provides, furnishes, or supplies.

n. someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity

n. someone who provides the means for subsistence

"He must not ask his wife to go to work, because being a provider is his responsibility, and to ask her to do so, makes him less of a man."

benefactor    helper   

lion's provider    a good provider   

Internet service provider    health care service provider   

purveyor    caterer   

Rider    Ryder    Schneider    cider    collider    decider    divider    glider    guider    hider   

vendor    supplier    infrastructure    developer    manufacturer    customer    software    manager    broker    server