provisor

English

Alternative forms

• provisour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin prōvīsor, agent noun of prōvideō (“provide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈvaɪzə(ɹ)/

Noun

provisor (plural provisors)

1. A deputy of a Roman Catholic bishop.
2. The holder of a papal provision.
3. One who provides; a purveyor.

Derived terms

• provisorship

Danish

Pronunciation

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Noun

provisor c (singular definite provisoren, plural indefinite provisorer)

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Declension

Declension of provisor

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	provisor	provisoren	provisorer	provisorerne
genitive	provisors	provisorens	provisorers	provisorernes

Further reading

• “provisor” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Noun

prōvīsor m (genitive prōvīsōris); third declension

1. foreseer
2. lookout
3. provider
4. provisor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prōvīsor	prōvīsōrēs
genitive	prōvīsōris	prōvīsōrum
dative	prōvīsōrī	prōvīsōribus
accusative	prōvīsōrem	prōvīsōrēs
ablative	prōvīsōre	prōvīsōribus
vocative	prōvīsor	prōvīsōrēs

References

• “provisor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “provisor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "provisor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “provisor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Noun

provisor m (plural provisores)

1. provisor

Further reading

• “provisor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025