publisher

B1 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈpʌblɪʃɚ/ See IPA manual

Freq #8893

Meanings

1

noun
A company that prepares and sells books, magazines, or newspapers.

She sent her manuscript to several publishers.
2

noun
A person whose job is to produce and sell books, magazines, or music.

The publisher decided to print 10,000 copies of the novel.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a company that prepares and... publishing housepublishing company

Word family

Forms publishers

Derived forms copublishere-publishermicropublishernonpublisherpublisheresspublishershipself-publishertelepublisher

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Phrases (1)

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newspaper publisher
a person or company responsible for producing a newspaper

Noun + noun

Etymology

From publish + -er.

Topics

General Vocabulary

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