público

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

noun

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of público¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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