GAZETTEER
Dictionary entry overview: What does gazetteer mean? • GAZETTEER (noun)
The noun GAZETTEER has 2 senses:
1. a journalist who writes for a gazette
2. a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas)
Familiarity information: GAZETTEER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GAZETTEER (noun)
Meaning:
A journalist who writes for a gazette
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("gazetteer" is a kind of...):
journalist (a writer for newspapers and magazines)
Meaning:
A geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("gazetteer" is a kind of...):
dictionary; lexicon (a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them)
Holonyms ("gazetteer" is a part of...):
atlas; book of maps; map collection (a collection of maps in book form)
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