publican

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
Probably from or, apparently originally used humorously.

Noun

 * 1)  The landlord (manager or owner) of a.
 * 2)  The manager or owner of a hotel.
 * 1)  The manager or owner of a hotel.
 * 1)  The manager or owner of a hotel.

Translations

 * Arabic: دِهْقَان, دُهْقَان, دِهْقَانَة
 * Bulgarian: кръчмар
 * Catalan: cantiner,, cantinera,
 * Czech: hospodský, hospodská
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: pubinpitäjä
 * French: patron de bistro, patronne de bistro,
 * Old French: oste
 * Georgian: მიკიტანი
 * Irish: óstóir, tábhairneoir
 * Italian:, bettoliere, , , , taverniera
 * Macedonian: крчмар, крчмарка
 * Polish:, , austernik , , oberżystka
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: fear an taighe
 * Swedish: pubinnehavare
 * Welsh: tafarnwr, tafarnwraig

Etymology 2


From, from , , , and , , (modern 🇨🇬), and from their  , from  +. is a use of the  form of, ultimately from , further etymology unknown.

Sense 3.2 (“person excommunicated from the church; person who does not follow a Christian religion”) refers to Matthew 18:17 of the Bible: see the King James Version quotation under sense 1.


 * 🇨🇬,, (modern 🇨🇬 , )
 * 🇨🇬, (early modern 🇨🇬).
 * 🇨🇬,, (modern 🇨🇬 , )
 * 🇨🇬, (early modern 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1)  A tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times (1st century ) who was generally regarded as sinful for extorting more tax than was due, and as a traitor for serving the Roman Empire.
 * 2)  Any person who collects customs duties, taxes, tolls, or other forms of public revenue.
 * 3) One regarded as extorting money from others by charging high prices.
 * 4)  A person excommunicated from the church; an excommunicant or excommunicate; also, a person who does not follow a Christian religion; a heathen, a pagan.
 * 1)  Any person who collects customs duties, taxes, tolls, or other forms of public revenue.
 * 2) One regarded as extorting money from others by charging high prices.
 * 3)  A person excommunicated from the church; an excommunicant or excommunicate; also, a person who does not follow a Christian religion; a heathen, a pagan.
 * 1)  Any person who collects customs duties, taxes, tolls, or other forms of public revenue.
 * 2) One regarded as extorting money from others by charging high prices.
 * 3)  A person excommunicated from the church; an excommunicant or excommunicate; also, a person who does not follow a Christian religion; a heathen, a pagan.
 * 1) One regarded as extorting money from others by charging high prices.
 * 2)  A person excommunicated from the church; an excommunicant or excommunicate; also, a person who does not follow a Christian religion; a heathen, a pagan.
 * 1) One regarded as extorting money from others by charging high prices.
 * 2)  A person excommunicated from the church; an excommunicant or excommunicate; also, a person who does not follow a Christian religion; a heathen, a pagan.
 * 1) One regarded as extorting money from others by charging high prices.
 * 2)  A person excommunicated from the church; an excommunicant or excommunicate; also, a person who does not follow a Christian religion; a heathen, a pagan.

Translations

 * Arabic: عَشَّار
 * Aramaic:
 * Classical Syriac: ܡܟܣܐ
 * Bulgarian: публика́н
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 稅吏
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: publicanus, publikaan,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: publicano
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: publicanus
 * Lithuanian: publikanai
 * Maltese: pubblikan
 * Old Church Slavonic: мꙑтарь, мꙑтоимьць, мьздоимьць
 * Polish: publikanin
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: публикани
 * Roman: publikani
 * Slovene: publikan
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: publikano
 * Ukrainian: публікани
 * Welsh: publican


 * Finnish:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) tax collector,