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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
publican/ˈpʌblɪkən/

▶noun

1 Brit. a person who owns or manages a pub.
■ Austral. a person who owns or manages a hotel.

2 (in ancient Roman and biblical times) a collector or farmer of taxes.

– origin ME: from OFr. publicain, from L. publicanus, from publicum ‘public revenue’.

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