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Dictionary entry overview: What does publican mean?

• PUBLICAN (noun)
The noun PUBLICAN has 1 sense:

1. the keeper of a public house

Familiarity information: PUBLICAN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PUBLICAN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The keeper of a public house

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

publican; tavern keeper

Hypernyms ("publican" is a kind of...):

barkeep; barkeeper; barman; bartender; mixologist (an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "publican"):

tapper; tapster (a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks)

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