Definition of "gazetteer" []

• A geographic dictionary or index. (noun)
• Archaic A writer for a gazette; a journalist. (noun)

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• "This chronological gazetteer is divided by county and lists the 151 locations of the distinct forms of Morris dancing in the South Midlands before 1900, quoting sources from books, newspaper articles and unpublished diaries."
• "In addition there's Getmapping's own digital terrain model, People's Map GB 100m contours, 1: 1m vector data, national administration boundaries and a place name gazetteer made up of over 39,000 different names."
• "While holding the political office of "gazetteer" (one who had a monopoly of official news) the idea came to Steele of publishing a literary magazine."