Publisher - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Publisher : (noun)
1: a firm in the publishing business [syn: publishing house, publishing firm, publishing company]
2: a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music
3: the proprietor of a newspaper [syn: newspaper publisher]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Publisher : \Pub"lish*er\, n. One who publishes; as, a publisher of a book or magazine.

For love of you, not hate unto my friend, Hath made me publisher of this pretense. --Shak.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)