publicain

== French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin pūblicānus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /py.bli.kɛ̃/ === Noun === publicain m (plural publicains) (Ancient Rome) publican (public contractors, who often supplied the Roman legions and military; managed the collection of port duties; oversaw public building projects; served as tax collectors, farming the taxes of the Roman provinces, and bidding on contracts for the collection of various types of taxes) === Further reading === “publicain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012