PUBLICAN
\pˈʌblɪkən], \pˈʌblɪkən], \p_ˈʌ_b_l_ɪ_k_ə_n]\
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In Great Britain, one who keeps an inn or public house; in ancient Rome, a collector of the taxes and public revenues.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The keeper of an inn or public-house: (orig.) a farmer general of the Roman public revenue: a tax-collector.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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