publisher
/ˈpʌblɪʃɚ/
publisher noun: a person or (especially) a company who publishes, especially books.
Noun
publisher (plural publishers)
- 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.1919, P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves
- Synonyms:
- publishing house, pubber, pub
- A system or component that allows other components (subscribers) to receive notifications of something, such as an event.
- A preacher who is a Jehovah's Witness.
publisher meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
publisher in Hindi
- one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- प्रकाशक prakāśak, पब्लिशर pabliśar
publisher in Tamil
- பதிப்பாளர்
publisher in Marathi
- one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- प्रकाशक prakāśak
publisher in Urdu
- one who publishes, especially books — see also publishing house
- ناشر nāśir
More languagesFewer languages
- publisher in Bengali
- প্রকাশক, প্রচারক
- publisher in Telugu
- ప్రచురణకర్త pracuraṇakarta
- publisher in Malayalam
- ഗ്രന്ഥപ്രസാധകൻ, പ്രസിദ്ധീകരണശാലക്കാരൻ, പ്രകാശകൻ
- publisher in Kannada
- ಹೊರಪಡಿಸುಗ, ಹುಲುಬುಗ, ಪ್ರಕಾಶಕ, ಪ್ರಕಟಣಕಾರ
- publisher in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਕ, ਪਬਲਿਸ਼ਰ
- publisher in Gujarati
- પ્રકાશક prakāśak
- publisher in Odia
- ପ୍ରକାଶକ
- publisher in Nepali
- प्रकाशक
- publisher in Pashto
- ناشر nãšer
- publisher in Tagalog
- tagapaglathala
- publisher in Arabic
- دَار نَشْر dār našr, نَاشِر nāšir
- publisher in Malay
- penerbit
- publisher in Indonesian
- penerbit
- publisher in Persian
- ناشر nâšer
- publisher in Thai
- ผู้พิมพ์ pûu-pim
- publisher in Vietnamese
- người xuất bản, nhà xuất bản
- publisher in Myanmar
- ထုတ်ဝေသူ htut-wesu
Examples of publisher in a sentence
- This book cannot be copied without the express permission of the publisher.
- The publisher made an estimation on the potential value of the new novel.
- When a book goes out of print, rights revert from the publisher to the author.
Synonyms of publisher
Forms of publisher
| plural | publishers |
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Origin of publisher
From publish + -er.
Words formed from publisher
Questions about publisher
- What does publisher mean?
- Publisher means a person or (especially) a company who publishes, especially books.
- What is publisher in Hindi?
- Publisher in Hindi is प्रकाशक (prakāśak), पब्लिशर (pabliśar). See Publisher meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is publisher?
- Publisher is a noun.
- How do you pronounce publisher?
- Publisher is pronounced /ˈpʌblɪʃɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of publisher?
- The plural of publisher is publishers.
Words near publisher in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: publisher (page history and authors); publisher (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); publisher (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); publisher (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); publisher (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); publisher (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); publisher (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); publisher (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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