gazetteer

(gaz′ə tir)

noun

  1. Archaic a person who writes for a gazette
  2. Origin: prob. after L. Echard's use for his geographical dictionary (c. 1700)

    a dictionary or index of geographical names

Origin: Fr gazettier

See gazetteer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A geographic dictionary or index.
  2. Archaic A writer for a gazette; a journalist.

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