·noun A public house; an Inn.
II. Public ·adj Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house.
III. Public ·adj Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal.
IV. Public ·adj 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.
V. Public ·noun The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author's public.