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.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Purview(noun) the body of a statute, or that part which begins with  Be it enacted,  as distinguished from the preamble. 2  Purview(noun) the limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions. 3  Purview(noun) limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent.