publisher
//ˈpʌblɪʃɚ//
Forms
- Plural
- publishers
Definitions
1.A person or (especially) a company who publishes, especially books.
- All a publisher has to do is write cheques at intervals, while a lot of deserving and industrious chappies rally round and do the real work.
2.A system or component that allows other components (subscribers) to receive notifications of something, such as an event.
3.A preacher who is a Jehovah's Witness.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2981
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
English publish
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English publisher
From publish + -er.