The millmen resolved to bestow public honors on Dominicus Pike, only hesitating whether to tar and feather him, ride him on a rail, or refresh him with an ablution at the town pump, on the top of which he had declared himself the bearer of the news.
The definition of a purveyor is a person or organization that gives out something, such as food, supplies or ideas. An example of a purveyor is the American Red Cross. noun. One that furnishes or sells something, especially food.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Purport. purâ²pÅrt, n. design: meaning: signification.âv.t. (also Purportâ²) to give out as its meaning: to convey to the mind: to seem to meanâoften with an infinitive clause as its object.âadj. Purâ²portless. [O.