Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PROVIDER
provider
(noun) someone who provides the means for subsistence
supplier, provider
(noun) someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
provider (plural providers)
One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*vid"er, n.
Definition: One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FELLOW
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