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# publican

noun (publicans)

«publican» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A publican is a person who owns or runs a pub, where people go to drink and talk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publican/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old stories, the keeper of an inn or tavern, who may say little and hide what he knows

### Examples

- The publican served ale to the travellers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publican/#x1)
- The publican said nothing about the stranger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publican/#x2)
- We asked the publican for a room for the night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publican/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «publican» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publican/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«publican» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/publican.html) on Mova free.