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publican

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈpʌblɪk(ə)n/Part of speech nounSorted abcilnpuStarts with PEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the keeper of a public house

Word origin

Probably from public house (“(Britain) bar or tavern, often also selling food and sometimes lodging, pub”) or public (“open to all members of a community”) + -an (suffix forming agent nouns), apparently originally used humorously.

Used in a sentence

  • I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer, / The publican 'e up an 'sez, 'We serve no red-coats here.'
  • Matthevv vvhiche vvas other vvyſe alſo called Leui, beyng of a Puplican made an Apoſtle, firſt of all others compoſed and vvrote in Jevvrye, the ghoſpell of Chriſte in the Hebrue tounge, […]
  • [T]he Publicans, that is to ſaye, the cuſtomers and takers vp of tolles, […]

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