Publisher

//ˈpʌblɪʃɚ// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person or (especially) a company who publishes, especially books.

    "All a publisher has to do is write cheques at intervals, while a lot of deserving and industrious chappies rally round and do the real work."

  2. 2
    a firm in the publishing business wordnet
  3. 3
    A system or component that allows other components (subscribers) to receive notifications of something, such as an event.
  4. 4
    a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music wordnet
  5. 5
    A preacher who is a Jehovah's Witness.
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  1. 6
    the proprietor of a newspaper wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
publishing house;adviserannouncerannunciatorauthority

Example

More examples

"The editor and the publisher are both my cousins."

Etymology

From publish + -er.

Related phrases

desktop publishere-publisherself-publishersubsidy publishertraditional publishervanity publisher

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