Unscramble

p 3 u 1 b 3 l 1 i 1 c 3 a 1 n 1

8 letters · 14 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun the keeper of a public house

originFrom Middle English publican [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman publican, pupplican, Middle French publicain, and Old French publican, publicain, pupplican (“tax collector”) (modern French publicain), and from their etymon Latin pūblicānus (“tax collector”), from pūblicum (“state revenue”) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, usually indicating relationships of origin, position, or…

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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