Definition of public

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Public (a.) Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury..

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Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor..
Impeachment :: Impeachment (n.) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration..
Form :: Form (n.) Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system; as, a republican form of government..
Conservatoire :: Conservatoire (n.) A public place of instruction in any special branch, esp. music and the arts. [See Conservatory, 3]..
Fame :: Fame (n.) Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington..
Cr/che :: Cr/che (n.) A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work..
Assist :: Assist (v. i.) To be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public meeting..
Scribe :: Scribe (n.) One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist..
Private :: Private (n.) One not invested with a public office.
Upset :: Upset (a.) Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold..
Esquire :: Esquire (v. t.) To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.
Auction :: Auction (n.) A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue..
Hall :: Hall (n.) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment..
Manifest :: Manifest (a.) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto. See Manifesto.
Fundholder :: Fundholder (a.) One who has money invested in the public funds.
Khutbah :: Khutbah (n.) An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his descendants, and the ruling princes..
Periodical :: Periodical (n.) A magazine or other publication which appears at stated or regular intervals.
Cameralistics :: Cameralistics (n.) The science of finance or public revenue.
Baggage Master :: Baggage master () One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.
Reprimand :: Reprimand (n.) Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public..
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