Definition of "gazetteer" in İngilizce

noun

1. (archaic or historical) A person who writes for a gazette or newspaper; a journalist; (specifically) a journalist engaged by a government.

2. (by extension, obsolete) A gazette, a newspaper.

verb

1. Synonym of gazette (“to announce the status of (someone) in an official gazette”).

2. (archaic) To report about (someone) in a gazette or newspaper.

noun

1. (geography) A dictionary or index of geographical locations.

2. (by extension) A similar descriptive list (often alphabetical) of information on other subjects.

verb

1. (transitive, geography) To describe the geography of (a country or other place) in a gazetteer (etymology 2, noun etymology 2, sense 1).