A publican was a public-works contractor or tax collector in ancient Rome.

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Publican may also refer to:

• The owner, tenant or manager (licensee) of a pub (public house)
• The Publican, a former weekly magazine for the British pub trade
• Publicans - another name for the 12th-century religious sect the Arnoldists

• Pharisee and the Publican (or the Pharisee and the Tax Collector), a parable of Jesus

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