英语词汇“publican”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	publican
释义	pub·li·can \ˈpəblə̇kən, -lēk-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French publicain, publican, from Latin publicanus, from publicum public revenue (from neuter of publicus public) + -anus -an — more at public 1. a. : a Jewish tax collector for the ancient Romans < publicans were outcasts among the Jews, because, having accepted the office under the Roman government … they were regarded as traitors — F.W.Robertson > b. : one estranged from the church < I firmly believe this church … has power to exclude him and to hold him as a publican and heathen — A.C.McGiffert > c. : any collector of taxes or tribute < outrages and exactions such as have, in every age, made the name of publican a proverb for all that is most hateful — T.B.Macaulay > 2. chiefly Britain : the keeper of a public house < the local publican produced trays of foaming stout — E.J.Gates >
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