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
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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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