publican

«publican» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who owns or runs a pub, where people go to drink… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (publicans)

meaning for a pupil

A publican is a person who owns or runs a pub, where people go to drink and talk. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old stories, the keeper of an inn or tavern, who may say little and hide what he knows

examples

• The publican served ale to the travellers. tree →
• The publican said nothing about the stranger. tree →
• We asked the publican for a room for the night. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «publican» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.