publican

English

Noun

publican (plural publicans)

1. (British) The landlord of a public house.
   • 1890, Rudyard Kipling, "Tommy"

     I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,

     The publican 'e up an 'sez, "We serve no red-coats here."

2. (historical) A tax collector in Ancient Rome.

Translations

landlord of a pub

• Finnish: pubinpitäjä
• French: patron de bistro m, patronne de bistro f
• Irish: tábhairneoir m, óstóir m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: barista (it) m, bettoliere m, oste (it) m
• Swedish: pubinnehavare c
• Welsh: tafarnwr m

Roman tax collector

• Finnish: publikaani (fi)
• French: publicain (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: pubblicano (it) m
• Welsh: publican m

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Spanish

Verb

publican

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of publicar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of publicar.