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publican Definition


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publican
noun
    (Brit)
    1. The keeper of a public house.
    2. Bible.
      A tax-collector.
Etymology: 18c in sense 1; 13c in sense 2: from Latin publicanus tax-farmer, from publicum the public revenue.



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