público

[ poo-bli-koh; Spanish poo-blee-kaw ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural pú·bli·cos [poo, -bli-kohz, poo, -blee-kaws].

(especially in Puerto Rico) a taxi that picks up and discharges passengers along a fixed route.

From Latin American Spanish; Spanish: literally, “public (transportation)”; public

This they did coram publico in the cart, while the chairman kept us amused.

Peter of Blois mentions a law book which he had procured a quodam publico mangone librorum.

She there became a constant attendant on one of those pandemoniums where the favorite game of monte was dealt pro bono publico.

Senatus maestus, tamquam in publico luctu, veste mutata pro eo deprecabatur.

For the equites equo publico high moral character, good health and the equestrian fortune were necessary.

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