publicanus

publicanus (p[schwa]b-li-kay-n[schwa]s). [Latin] Hist. Roman law. A tax collector. • A publicanus was described as “a farmer of the public revenue,” although the publicanus reaped only the money from that sown by the labor of others. — Often shortened to publican.

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