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# publican

«publican» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who owns or runs a pub, where people go to drink…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (publicans)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «publican» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publican/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.