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Publican

Noun

Definitionen

1.NounThe landlord (manager or owner) of a public house (“a bar or tavern, often also selling food and sometimes lodging; a pub”).
2.NounThe manager or owner of a hotel.
3.NounA tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times (1st century C.E.) who was generally regarded as sinful for extorting more tax than was due, and as a traitor for serving the Roman Empire.
4.NounAny person who collects customs duties, taxes, tolls, or other forms of public revenue.
5.NounOne regarded as extorting money from others by charging high prices. A person excommunicated from the church; an excommunicant or excommunicate; also, a person who does not follow a Christian religion; a heathen, a pagan.
6.NounOne regarded as extorting money from others by charging high prices.
7.NounA person excommunicated from the church; an excommunicant or excommunicate; also, a person who does not follow a Christian religion; a heathen, a pagan.
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