PUBLICAN
\pˈʌblɪkən], \pˈʌblɪkən], \p_ˈʌ_b_l_ɪ_k_ə_n]\
Definitions of PUBLICAN
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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In Great Britain, one who keeps an inn or public house; in ancient Rome, a collector of the taxes and public revenues.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The keeper of an inn or public-house: (orig.) a farmer general of the Roman public revenue: a tax-collector.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Among the Romans, a farmer of public revenues; a collector of tolls or tribute; the keeper of an inn or public-house.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
