puplican

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

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Meanings

nounpuplican (plural puplicans)

plural puplicans

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of publican.

    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, […]

    1549 February 10 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1548), Jerome, “The Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Gospell of Saincte Matthew. The Lyfe of Sainct Matthew […].”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], transl., The First Tome or Volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testamente, London: […] Edwarde Whitchurche, →OCLC, folio xix, recto
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APA

puplican. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puplican

MLA

“puplican.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puplican. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “puplican,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puplican.

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