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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a journalist who writes for a gazette;

2. a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas); 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gazetteer \Gaz`et*teer"\, n. [Cf. F. gazetier.]
   1. A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news
      by authority. --Johnson.
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   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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gazetteer
    n 1: a journalist who writes for a gazette
    2: a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas)