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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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