Noun

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provender

* {{quote-book, year=1898, author=Neil Munro, title=John Splendid, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=I had always a ready fancy and some of the natural vanity of youth, so I could see myself landing off the lugger at the quay of Inneraora town, three inches more of a man than when I left with a firkin of herring and a few bolls of meal for my winter's provand ; thicker too at the chest, and with a jacket of London green cloth with brass buttons. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1911, author=Marie de France, title=French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=He gave no heed to his horse, but left him at his provand in the meadow. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1919, author=Frederic Moorman, title=More Tales of the Ridings, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Tak a seat at t' top o' bag o' provand , Kester; Betty and Will can hug chairs to t' fire, and lile Joe Moon mun sit on t' end o' t' bed." }}

Noun

(wikipedia proband) (en noun)

(genetics, medicine) An individual who presents with a genetic disorder or other specific characteristic, when this leads to the investigation of the individual's family