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gazetteer

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Noun
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gaz=et=teer

CIDE DICTIONARY

gazetteern. [Cf. F. gazetier.].
  •  A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority.  Johnson.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A newspaper; a gazette.  Burke.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A geographical dictionary; a book giving the names and descriptions, etc., of many places.  [1913 Webster]
  •  An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gazetteer, n. a geographical index or dictionary.

Etymology
earlier = journalist, for whom such an index was provided: f. F gazettier f. It. gazzettiere (as GAZETTE)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

gazetteer

Information

N information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge, publicity, data, communication, intimation, notice, notification, enunciation, annunciation, announcement, communiqu_e, representation, round robin, presentment, case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition, news, return, account, statement, mention, acquainting, instruction, outpouring, intercommunication, communicativeness, informant, authority, teller, intelligencer, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece, informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective, sleuth, mouchard, spy, newsmonger, messenger, amicus curiae, valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide, guidebook, handbook, vade mecum, manual, map, plan, chart, gazetteer, itinerary, hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition, cue, byplay, gesture, gentle hint, broad hint, verbum sapienti, a word to the wise, insinuation, information theory, bit, byte, word, doubleword, quad word, paragraph, segment, magnetic media, paper medium, optical media, random access memory, RAM, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, informed, communique, reported, published, expressive, explicit plain spoken, (artless), nuncupative, nuncupatory, declaratory, expository, enunciative, communicative, communicatory, from information received, a little bird told me, I heard it through the grapevine.

Record

N record, trace, vestige, relic, remains, scar, cicatrix, footstep, footmark, footprint, pug, track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste, monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement, obelisk, pillar, column, monolith, memorial, memento, testimonial, medal, commemoration, record, note, minute, register, registry, roll, cartulary, diptych, Domesday book, catalogue raisonne, entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket, notch, muniment, deed, document, deposition, proces verbal, affidavit, certificate, notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book, portfolio, pigeonholes, excerpta, adversaria, jottings, dottings, gazette, gazetteer, newspaper, daily, magazine, almanac, almanack, calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger, cashbook, petty cashbook, professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article, archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book, statistics, compte rendu, Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of, Hansard's Debates, chronicle, annals, legend, history, biography, Congressional Records, registration, registry, enrollment, inrollment, tabulation, entry, booking, signature, recorder, journalism, recording, tape recording, videotape, compact disk, floppy disk, diskette, hard disk, Winchester disk, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, on record, exegi monumentum aere perennium, read their history in a nation's eyes, records that defy the tooth of time.


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