publican
pronunciation
How to pronounce publican in British English:
UK [ˈpʌblɪkən]
How to pronounce publican in American English:
US [ˈpʌblɪkən]
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- Noun:
- the keeper of a public house
Word Origin
- publican
- publican: [12] The modern use of publican for ‘innkeeper’ dates from the early 18th century, and presumably arose from an association with public house. Its original meaning was ‘tax collector’. It comes via Old French publicain from Latin pūblicānus ‘person who paid for the privilege of collecting the public revenues, in return for a percentage’. This in turn was derived from pūblicum ‘public revenue’, a noun use of pūblicus ‘public’ (source of English public).
- publican (n.)
- c. 1200, "tax-gatherer," from Old French publician (12c.), from Latin publicanus "a tax collector," noun use of an adjective, "pertaining to public revenue," from publicum "public revenue," noun use of neuter of publicus (see public (adj.)). Original sense in Matt. xviii:17, etc.; meaning "keeper of a pub" first recorded 1728, from public (house) + -an.
Example
- 1. An uppity publican who needs to be shown his place
- 2. This was another way Punch exerted Big Brother-style control over its publican partners , who bore most of the day-to-day trading risk .
- 3. It mainly focuses on . the publican and the individual field . As to the industry and enterprise applications , there are few mature 、 security 、 reliable cases .
- 4. But the scribes and Pharisees murmured in discontent against Jesus for joining with such as Levi , who had been a publican or hated tax-gatherer on behalf of the Roman government .
- 5. We analyze the optimal strategies in the field of law and tax system and try to raise suggestions on the concept change of tax payer and publican by the method of psychology analysis .