publisher

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

• n. One that is engaged in publishing printed material.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

• n. One who publishes, especially books.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• n. One who publishes.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

• n. One who publishes.
• n. One who, as the first source of supply, issues books and other literary works, maps, engravings, musical compositions, or the like for sale; one who prints and offers a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., for sale to dealers or to the public.
• n. One who utters or passes counterfeit paper, or puts it in circulation.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• n. a firm in the publishing business
• n. a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music
• n. the proprietor of a newspaper