publisher

[puhb-li-sher]

noun

1. a person or company whose business is the publishing publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.

2. the business head of a newspaper organization or publishing house, commonly the owner or the representative of the owner.

publisher

/ ˈpʌblɪʃə /

noun

1. a company or person engaged in publishing periodicals, books, music, etc

2. the proprietor of a newspaper or his representative

Word History and Origins

Origin of publisher¹

1425–75; late Middle English: one who proclaims publicly; publish, -er ¹

Example Sentences

NielsenIQ Book Data confirmed to the BBC that the title had been marked as "withdrawn from sale" at the request of the publisher.

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Stein had trouble finding publishers for her work throughout her life.

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However, an attempt to sell the Telegraph to a group of investors led by Dovid Efune, the owner and publisher of the New York Sun, fell flat.

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Arcement, 14, then traveled to a toy conference and fair in Chicago where she scooped up two awards and held a string of meetings with publishers about licensing her game, Drizzle.

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The comic books have sold more than 260 million copies in Japan and worldwide by November last year, 40 years since the franchise's birth, according to publisher Shueisha.

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Related Words

• journalist 
• magazine 
• media 
• newsperson 
• reporter 
• writer