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Noun: gazetteer  ,ga-zu'teer
  1. A journalist who writes for a gazette
     
  2. A geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas)

Derived forms: gazetteers

Type of: dictionary, journalist, journo [Brit, informal], lexicon, penman [informal], scribbler [informal], scribe [informal]

Part of: atlas, book of maps, map collection

Encyclopedia: Gazetteer