prəˈvīzə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English provisour, from Anglo-French, Medieval Latin, & Latin; Anglo-French provisour ecclesiastical provisor, from Medieval Latin provisor ecclesiastical provisor, guardian, administrator, from Latin, one that provides, from provisus (past participle of providēre to provide) + -or — more at provide
1. : one having a provision especially papal to a benefice not yet vacant — compare provision 1a
2. : one having charge of getting provisions (as for an army or a religious house) : purveyor , steward
3. obsolete : one who provides (as care, protection, sustenance) : guardian
4. : a cleric acting as an assistant to or vicar for an archbishop or bishop : an ecclesiastical deputy