Associations to the word «Publican»

Wiktionary

PUBLICAN, noun. (British) the landlord of a public house
PUBLICAN, noun. A tax collector in ancient Rome

Dictionary definition

PUBLICAN, noun. The keeper of a public house.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King