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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a firm in the publishing business;
[syn: publisher, publishing house, publishing firm, publishing company]

2. a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music;

3. the proprietor of a newspaper;
[syn: publisher, newspaper publisher]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Publisher \Pub"lish*er\, n.
   One who publishes; as, a publisher of a book or magazine.
   [1913 Webster]

         For love of you, not hate unto my friend,
         Hath made me publisher of this pretense. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

publisher
    n 1: a firm in the publishing business [syn: publisher,
         publishing house, publishing firm, publishing
         company]
    2: a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music
    3: the proprietor of a newspaper [syn: publisher, newspaper
       publisher]