publican

English

Noun

publican (plural publicans)

(Britain) The landlord of a public house.
- 1890, Rudyard Kipling, "Tommy"
  I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
  
  The publican 'e up an 'sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
(historical) A tax collector in Ancient Rome.

Translations

landlord of a pub

Finnish: pubinpitäjä
French: patron de bistro m, patronne de bistro f
Irish: tábhairneoir m, óstóir m

Italian: barista (it) m, bettoliere m, oste (it) m
Swedish: pubinnehavare c
Welsh: tafarnwr m

Roman tax collector

Finnish: publikaani (fi)
French: publicain (fr) m

Italian: pubblicano (it) m
Welsh: publican m

Spanish

Verb

publican

Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of publicar.
Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of publicar.

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