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publisher

  • /ˈpʌblɪʃɚ/ US

noun publishers

  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.

    Similar: publishing house, pubber, pub

  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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: publishing house, publishing company, publishing firm, publishing, edition, publication, published, editorial, editor, magazine, editing, writer, advertiser, developer, designer, broadcaster

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noun one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house

Españoleditor, editorial, publicador
한국어출판사 chulpansa
日本語出版社 shuppansha, 発行者 hakkou sha
中文出版者 chūbǎn zhě, 發行人 /发行人 fāxíngrén, 出版社 chūbǎnshè
हिन्दीप्रकाशक prakāśak, पब्लिशर pabliśar
Portuguêseditor, editora, editores
Françaiséditeur, éditrice, maison d'édition, publicateur, publicatrice
DeutschHerausgeber, Herausgeberin, Verlag
Italianoeditore, editrice, pubblicatore, pubblicatrice
Ελληνικάεκδότης ekdótis, εκδότρια ekdótria
Românăeditură
Русскийизда́тель izdátelʹ, изда́тельница izdátelʹnica, изда́тельство izdátelʹstvo
Tiếng Việtngười xuất bản, nhà xuất bản
العربيةدَار نَشْر dār našr, نَاشِر nāšir
עבריתהוצאה לאור hotza'ah la'ór, מוֹצִיא לָאוֹר motsí la'ór

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@misc{publisher_2026,
  title = {publisher},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/publisher},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}