PUBLICAN


Meaning of PUBLICAN in English

/pub"li keuhn/ , n.

1. Chiefly Brit. a person who owns or manages a tavern; the keeper of a pub.

2. Rom. Hist. a person who collected public taxes.

3. any collector of taxes, tolls, tribute, or the like.

[ 1150-1200; ME publicanus. See PUBLIC, -AN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .