publican
n . 收稅人;酒館的主人
收稅人;酒館的主人
publican n 1 :
the keeper of a public house [
synonym : {
publican }, {
tavern keeper }]
Publican \
Pub "
li *
can \,
n . [
L .
publicanus :
cf .
F .
publicain .
See {
Public }.]
1 . (
Rom .
Antiq .)
A farmer of the taxes and public revenues ;
hence ,
a collector of toll or tribute .
The inferior officers of this class were often oppressive in their exactions ,
and were regarded with great detestation .
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1913 Webster ]
As Jesus at meat . . .
many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples .
--
Matt .
1x .
10 .
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How like a fawning publican he looks ! --
Shak .
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2 .
The keeper of an inn or public house ;
one licensed to retail beer ,
spirits ,
or wine .
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1913 Webster ]
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "
publican ":
Internal Revenue Service ,
assessor ,
barkeep ,
barkeeper ,
barmaid ,
barman ,
bartender ,
bootlegger ,
brewer ,
brewmaster ,
customhouse ,
customs ,
distiller ,
exciseman ,
farmer ,
liquor dealer ,
liquor store owner ,
mixologist ,
moonshiner ,
revenuer ,
tapster ,
tapstress ,
tax assessor ,
tax collector ,
tax farmer ,
taxer ,
taxman ,
vintner ,
wine merchant Publican one who farmed the taxes (
e .
g .,
Zacchaeus ,
Luke 19 :
2 )
to be levied from a town or district ,
and thus undertook to pay to the supreme government a certain amount .
In order to collect the taxes ,
the publicans employed subordinates (
5 :
27 ;
15 :
1 ;
18 :
10 ),
who ,
for their own ends ,
were often guilty of extortion and peculation .
In New Testament times these taxes were paid to the Romans ,
and hence were regarded by the Jews as a very heavy burden ,
and hence also the collectors of taxes ,
who were frequently Jews ,
were hated ,
and were usually spoken of in very opprobrious terms .
Jesus was accused of being a "
friend of publicans and sinners " (
Luke 7 :
34 ).
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