publisher B1 Topic:People & Society 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 Common collocations newspaper publisher Noun + noun Etymology AI details From publish + -er. Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # publisher **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpʌblɪʃɚ/ **Frequency rank:** 8893 ## Meanings 1. A company that prepares and sells books, magazines, or newspapers. 2. A person whose job is to produce and sell books, magazines, or music. ## Examples - She sent her manuscript to several publishers. - The publisher decided to print 10,000 copies of the novel. ## Derived Forms - copublisher - e-publisher - micropublisher - nonpublisher - publisheress - publishership - self-publisher - telepublisher ## Etymology From publish + -er. ## AI Etymology Publisher comes from publish + -er. In present-day English it covers a company that prepares and sells books, magazines, or newspapers and a person whose job is to produce and sell books, magazines, or music. The wider family includes derived forms such as copublisher, e-publisher, micropublisher, nonpublisher, publisheress. ## Topics - People & Society markdown