Gazetteer Definition

găzĭ-tîr
gazetteers
noun
A dictionary or index of geographical names.
Webster's New World
A person who writes for a gazette.
Webster's New World

Journalist.

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Publicist.

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Noun

Singular:
gazetteer
Plural:
gazetteers

Origin of Gazetteer

  • From The gazetteer's: or newsman's interpreter, a geographical index edited by Laurence Echard, 1st ed. published 1693. In 1704, in the second volume Echard referred to the work as Gazetteer.

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  • gazette +‎ -eer, from French gazetier (“newspaperman”)

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Gazetteer Sentence Examples

  • See The Imperial Gazetteer of India (Oxford, 1908), x.

  • See Baroda Gazetteer, 1908.

  • See Puri District Gazetteer (Calcutta, 1908).

  • The station was destroyed by the earthquake of April 1905, in which 1625 persons, including 25 Europeans and 112 of the Gurkha garrison, perished (Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908).

  • The CD will also include a gazetteer to help you find the correct map.

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Words Starting With

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REREER

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