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Definition of: publican
(pub′lə·kən) noun
1. In England, the keeper of a public house.
2. In ancient Rome, one who farmed or collected the public revenues. [<OF publicain <L publicanus a tax farmer, tax gatherer <publicum public revenue, orig. neut. of publicus PUBLIC]
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