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Gazetteer

Gazetteer Meaning & Definition
Gazetteer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gazetteer?

[n] a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gazetteer:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gazetteer: atlas | biographical dictionary | calendar | casebook | catalog | catalogue raisonne | chemical dictionary | city directory | city editor | classified catalog | columnist | concordance | copy chief | copy editor | copyman | copyreader | correspondent | cub reporter | cyclopedia | desk dictionary | dialect dictionary | diaskeuast | diatesseron | dictionary | dictionary catalog | dictionary of quotations | directory | editor | editorial writer | electronics dictionary | encyclopedia | etymological dictionary | feature editor | foreign correspondent | foreign-language dictionary | general dictionary | geological dictionary | gloss | glossary | gradus | harmony | index | interviewer | journalist | leader writer | leg man | lexicon | managing editor | news editor | newsman | newspaperman | newspaperwoman | newswriter | nomenclator | onomasticon | own correspondent | paragrapher | paragraphist | phone book | phrase book | polyglot | polyglot dictionary | pressman | promptorium | publicist | reader | record book | reference book | reporter | reviser | rewrite man | rewriter | rhyming dictionary | science dictionary | slang dictionary | slotman | sob sister | source book | special correspondent | specialized dictionary | sports editor | studbook | subeditor | synonym dictionary | synonymy | telephone book | telephone directory | terminology | thesaurus | treasury of words | unabridged dictionary | vocabulary | war correspondent | word list | wordbook | work of reference

See Also | atlas | book of maps | dictionary | lexicon | map collection

Gazetteer In Webster's Dictionary

\Gaz`et*teer"\, n. [Cf. F. gazetier.] 1. A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority. --Johnson. 2. A newspaper; a gazette. [Obs.] --Burke. 3. A geographical dictionary; a book giving the names and descriptions, etc., of many places. 4. An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.

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