pub‧lish‧er W3 AC /ˈpʌblɪʃə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: publisher, publishing; verb: publish; adjective: published ≠ unpublished]
a person or company whose business is to arrange the writing, production, and sale of books, newspapers etc

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publisher
noun
ADJ. big, large, leading, major one of the country's biggest book publishers
small | local He's writing a history of the town for a local publisher.
commercial | mainstream | specialist | book, electronic, hardback, magazine, multimedia, music, newspaper, paperback, software | academic, educational, ELT, trade
VERB + PUBLISHER find, have Finding a publisher is hard for all writers. She now has a publisher for her book.

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