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Definitions
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, […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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