publican

n. 小酒馆老板, 酒店老板, 客栈老板, 征收员

发音

UK /ˈpʌblɪk(ə)n/
其它
US /ˈpʌblək(ə)n/

词形变化

publicans 复数

别名

publicane puplican

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The landlord (manager or owner) of a public house (“a bar or tavern, often also selling food and sometimes lodging; a pub”).

    爱尔兰 英国
  2. 2.

    The manager or owner of a hotel.

    引申义
  3. 1.

    A tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times (1st century C.E.) who was generally regarded as sinful for extorting more tax than was due, and as a traitor for serving the Roman Empire.

    税吏

    历史
  4. 2.

    Any person who collects customs duties, taxes, tolls, or other forms of public revenue.

    古体 引申义
  5. 3.

    One regarded as extorting money from others by charging high prices.

    古体 比喻
  6. 4.

    A person excommunicated from the church; an excommunicant or excommunicate; also, a person who does not follow a Christian religion; a heathen, a pagan.

    古体 比喻 宗教

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

tavernkeeper

上位词 4

bartender barkeep barkeeper mixologist

下位词 2

tapper tapster

词源

Probably from public house (“(Britain) bar or tavern, often also selling food and sometimes lodging, pub”) or public (“open to all members of a community”) + -an (suffix forming agent nouns), apparently originally used humorously.

来源：wiktionary