publican
noun
pub·li·can
ˈpə-bli-kən 
1
a
: a Jewish tax collector for the ancient Romans
b
: a collector of taxes or tribute
2
chiefly British
: the licensee of a public house
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One popular activity was taking selfies with Wayne Jones, the Turf Hotel’s publican, a touring member of the summer jolly.
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Amos Barshad, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
The mystifying rejection weighs heavily on Pádraic at the bar, where questions about his friend’s absence from the publican, Jonjo (Pat Shortt), rub salt into the wound.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2022
In British usage, a publican is someone who owns a pub.
—Julie Carr Smyth, chicagotribune.com, 27 Feb. 2021
In the kitchen there was Rob, the publican, who had basically given up cooking, and Andy, a northerner who was miserable and really the guy in charge of the kitchen.
—Dan Hunter, Bon Appetit, 5 May 2017
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Amos Barshad, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
The mystifying rejection weighs heavily on Pádraic at the bar, where questions about his friend’s absence from the publican, Jonjo (Pat Shortt), rub salt into the wound.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2022
In British usage, a publican is someone who owns a pub.
—Julie Carr Smyth, chicagotribune.com, 27 Feb. 2021
In the kitchen there was Rob, the publican, who had basically given up cooking, and Andy, a northerner who was miserable and really the guy in charge of the kitchen.
—Dan Hunter, Bon Appetit, 5 May 2017
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publican
noun
pub·li·can
ˈpəb-li-kən
: a tax collector for the ancient Romans
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