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publishers

publishers is the plural of publisher.

Meaning of publisher

Noun

publisher (plural 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.1919, P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves
  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.

Phrases with publishers

Questions about publishers

What is publishers the plural of?
Publishers is the plural of publisher.

Words near publishers in the dictionary

  1. publisher
  2. publisher's reader
  3. publisher's readers
  4. publisheress
  5. publisheresses
  6. publishers
  7. publishership
  8. publisherships
  9. publishes
  10. publishest
  11. publisheth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: publishers (page history and authors); publisher (page history and authors). 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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