Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PUB'LISH-ER, n.

1. One who makes known what was before private or unknown; one that divulges, promulgates or proclaims. – Atterbury.
2. One who sends a book or writing into the world for common use; one that offers a book, pamphlet, &c., for sale.
3. One who uses, passes, or puts into circulation a counterfeit paper.