#supplier__provider  someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
  supertype:  #businessperson__bourgeois__bourgeoi  engages in industrial commercial enterprise
  subtype:  #black_marketeer__blackmarketeer  someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities
  subtype:  #caterer  someone who provides food and service (as for a party)
  subtype:  #connection.supplier  a supplier (especially of narcotics)
  subtype:  #dispenser.supplier  a person who dispenses
  subtype:  #distributor__distributer  someone who markets merchandise
     subtype:  #jobber__middleman__wholesaler  someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
        subtype:  #meat_packer__packer  a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
           instance:  #Gustavus_Franklin_Swift__Swift
     subtype:  #ship_chandler  a dealer in equipment and supplies for ships
     subtype:  #wool_stapler  a dealer in wool
  subtype:  #purveyor  someone who supplies provisions (especially food)
  subtype:  #recruiter.supplier  someone who supplies members or employees
     subtype:  #headhunter  (informal) a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
     subtype:  #talent_scout__scout  someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
  subtype:  #stockist  one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods
  subtype:  #sutler__victualer__victualler__provisioner  a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army

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