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English Dictionary: Gazetteer by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gazetteer
n
  1. a journalist who writes for a gazette
  2. a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gazetteer \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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