What is meant by a ‘ fawning publican’? Where does this scene take place?
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fawning means servile or cringing. ➡here, the word publican has been used to mean a fellow who runs a tavern or a boarding and lodging establishment. ➡ shylock uses the phrase a fawning publican for Antonio in a contemptuous sense.
to seek notice or favor by servile demeanor: The courtiers fawned over the king. (of a dog) to behave affectionately.
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Fawing publican means servile or cringing. This takes olacs in Shylock
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