What does publisher mean?

Definitions for publisher
ˈpʌb lɪ ʃərpub·lish·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. publisher, publishing house, publishing firm, publishing companynoun

    a firm in the publishing business

  2. publishernoun

    a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music

  3. publisher, newspaper publishernoun

    the proprietor of a newspaper

Wiktionary

  1. publishernoun

    One who publishes, especially books.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Publishernoun

    Etymology: from publish.

    Love of you
    Hath made me publisher of this pretence. William Shakespeare.

    The holy lives, the exemplary sufferings of the publishers of this religion, and the surpassing excellence of that doctrine which they published. Francis Atterbury.

    A collection of poems appeared, in which the publisher has given me some things that did not belong to me. Matthew Prior.

ChatGPT

  1. publisher

    A publisher is an individual, organization, or company that prepares and issues books, journals, music, or other works for sale or distribution. This involves various stages including acquisition, copy editing, production, printing (and its electronic equivalents), marketing, and distribution. In some cases, publishers may also be involved in the development of the content.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Publishernoun

    one who publishes; as, a publisher of a book or magazine

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. publisher

    1. An emunctory business, first functioned by Barabbas. 2. One of a band of panders which sprang into existence soon after the death of Gutenberg and which now overruns the world. 3. The patron saint of the mediocre.

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British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'publisher' in Nouns Frequency: #1390

Anagrams for publisher »

  1. bhelpuris

  2. republish

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of publisher in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of publisher in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of publisher in a Sentence

  1. Bethany Mandel:

    In deep blue Montgomery County, the public schools will force primary schoolchildren to sit through books about gender and sexuality, but they won’t even accept a donation of books if a publisher prioritizes American values.

  2. Pamela Anderson:

    It’s crazy that Julian is still being held as a political prisoner — after the UN has stated (and recently for a second time) that there is no reason for his detention and has ordered that the UK and Sweden release him, julian is an editor and a publisher.

  3. Barry Pollack:

    We've had no communication with the Department of Justice and they have not indicated to me that they have brought any charges against Mr. Julian Assange, they've been unwilling to have any discussion at all, despite our repeated requests, that they let us know what Mr. Assange's status is in any pending investigations. There's no reason why Wikileaks should be treated differently from any other publisher.

  4. Al Roker:

    We lost legendary fashion model, chef, restaurateur, lifestyle icon and magazine publisher, Barbara Elaine Smith today.

  5. Anton Hart:

    This NOT a picture of Anton Hart the publisher. See/search www.longwoods.com

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