I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer, / The publican 'e up an 'sez, 'We serve no red-coats here.'
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Publican
//ˈpʌblɪk(ə)n//
Synonyms for "publican" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
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5 entriesTranslations
82 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- دُهْقَان noun (landlord of a public house)
- دِهْقَان noun (landlord of a public house)
- دِهْقَانَة noun (landlord of a public house)
- عَشَّار noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܡܟܣܐ noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кръчмар noun (landlord of a public house)
- публика́н noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Catalan
4 entries- cantiner noun (landlord of a public house)
- cantinera noun (landlord of a public house)
- publicà noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
- taverner noun (landlord of a public house)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 稅吏 /税吏 noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 稅吏 /税吏 noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Czech
2 entries- hospodská noun (landlord of a public house)
- hospodský noun (landlord of a public house)
Dutch
4 entries- publicanus noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
- publikaan noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
- tollenaar noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
- waard noun (landlord of a public house)
Finnish
3 entries- kiskuri noun (one regarded as extorting money from others by charging high prices)
- pubinpitäjä noun (landlord of a public house)
- publikaani noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
French
4 entries- bistrot noun (landlord of a public house)
- patron de bistro noun (landlord of a public house)
- patronne de bistro noun (landlord of a public house)
- publicain noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Galician
1 entries- publicano noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Georgian
1 entries- მიკიტანი noun (landlord of a public house)
German
4 entries- Gastwirt noun (landlord of a public house)
- Kneipenwirt noun (landlord of a public house)
- Schankwirt noun (landlord of a public house)
- Wirt noun (landlord of a public house)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Ido
1 entries- publicano noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Irish
2 entries- tábhairneoir noun (landlord of a public house)
- óstóir noun (landlord of a public house)
Italian
4 entries- barista noun (landlord of a public house)
- bettoliere noun (landlord of a public house)
- oste noun (landlord of a public house)
- ostessa noun (landlord of a public house)
Latin
1 entries- publicanus noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Lithuanian
1 entries- publikanai noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Macedonian
2 entries- крчмар noun (landlord of a public house)
- крчмарка noun (landlord of a public house)
Maltese
1 entries- pubblikan noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Old Church Slavonic
3 entries- мьздоимьць noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
- мꙑтарь noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
- мꙑтоимьць noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Old French
1 entries- oste noun (landlord of a public house)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- خانجی noun (landlord of a public house)
Polish
4 entries- austernik noun (landlord of a public house)
- karczmarka noun (landlord of a public house)
- karczmarz noun (landlord of a public house)
- oberżysta noun (landlord of a public house)
Portuguese
1 entries- publicano noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Romanian
1 entries- publican noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Russian
4 entries- каба́тчик noun (landlord of a public house)
- корчма́рь noun (landlord of a public house)
- мы́тарь noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
- шинка́рь noun (landlord of a public house)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fear an taighe noun (landlord of a public house)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- publikani noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
- публикани noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Slovene
1 entries- publikan noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Spanish
1 entries- publicano noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Swedish
2 entries- pubinnehavare noun (landlord of a public house)
- publikan noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Tagalog
1 entries- publikano noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Ukrainian
1 entries- публікани noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
Welsh
3 entries- publican noun (tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times)
- tafarnwr noun (landlord of a public house)
- tafarnwraig noun (landlord of a public house)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Matthevv vvhiche vvas other vvyſe alſo called Leui, beyng of a Puplican made an Apoſtle, firſt of all others compoſed and vvrote in Jevvrye, the ghoſpell of Chriſte in the Hebrue tounge, […]
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[T]he Publicans, that is to ſaye, the cuſtomers and takers vp of tolles, […]
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Hovv like a favvning Publican he lookes.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.