'Gazetteer' definitions:
Definition of 'gazetteer'
(from WordNet)
noun
A journalist who writes for a gazette
noun
A geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas)
Definition of 'Gazetteer'
From: GCIDE
- Gazetteer \Gaz`et*teer"\, n. [Cf. F. gazetier.]
- 1. A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A newspaper; a gazette. [Obs.] --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A geographical dictionary; a book giving the names and descriptions, etc., of many places. [1913 Webster]
- 4. An alphabetical descriptive list of anything. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gazetteer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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