"gazetteer" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gazetteer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gazetteers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: gazette + -eer, from French gazetier (“newspaperman”) Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gazette|eer}} gazette + -eer, {{der|en|fr|gazetier||newspaperman}} French gazetier (“newspaperman”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gazetteer (plural gazetteers)
  1. journalist Translations (journalist): журналист (žurnalist) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ჟურნალისტი (žurnalisṭi) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-gazetteer-en-noun-Vjdz8Yjs Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -eer Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -eer: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'journalist': 93 7
  2. publicist Translations (publicist): publiciteitsagent (Dutch), ჟურნალისტი (žurnalisṭi) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-gazetteer-en-noun-HY~gKlgR Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -eer Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -eer: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'publicist': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gazetteer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gazetteers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From The gazetteer's: or newsman's interpreter, a geographical index edited by Laurence Echard, 1st ed. published 1693. In 1704, in the second volume Echard referred to the work as Gazetteer. Head templates: {{en-noun}} gazetteer (plural gazetteers)
  1. A geographic dictionary or index. Translations (geographic dictionary or encyclopedia): περιήγησις (periḗgēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), قَامُوس جُغْرَافِيّ (qāmūs juḡrāfiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), географски справочник (geografski spravočnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 地名辞典 (dìmíng cídiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), gazetier [masculine] (French), index géographique [masculine] (French), გეოგრაფიული ცნობარი (geograpiuli cnobari) (Georgian), გეოგრაფიული ლექსიკონი (geograpiuli leksiḳoni) (Georgian), Ortslexikon [neuter] (German), गैजेटियर (gaijeṭiyar) [masculine] (Hindi), गैजेट (gaijeṭ) [masculine] (Hindi), गजेटियर (gajeṭiyar) [masculine] (Hindi), helységnévtár (Hungarian), 地名辞典 (chimei jiten) (alt: ちめいじてん) (Japanese), فرهنگ جغرافیایی (farhang-e joğrâfiyâyi) (Persian), جاینامه (jâynâme) (Persian), gazeter [masculine] (Polish), географи́ческий спра́вочник (geografíčeskij správočnik) [masculine] (Russian), географи́ческий лексико́н (geografíčeskij leksikón) [masculine] (Russian), nomenclátor (Spanish), ortnamnsregister [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gazetteer-en-noun-b-vZWL28 Disambiguation of 'geographic dictionary or encyclopedia': 57 34 9
  2. A newspaper. Categories (topical): Reference works
    Sense id: en-gazetteer-en-noun-gHwOoOp7 Disambiguation of Reference works: 14 12 1 61 8 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 9 5 40 21 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 5 4 68 6 14
  3. (obsolete) An alphabetical descriptive list of anything. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-gazetteer-en-noun-HB0Q6Mrf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gazetteer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gazetteers [present, singular, third-person], gazetteering [participle, present], gazetteered [participle, past], gazetteered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From The gazetteer's: or newsman's interpreter, a geographical index edited by Laurence Echard, 1st ed. published 1693. In 1704, in the second volume Echard referred to the work as Gazetteer. Head templates: {{en-verb}} gazetteer (third-person singular simple present gazetteers, present participle gazetteering, simple past and past participle gazetteered)
  1. (transitive) To describe in a gazetteer. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-gazetteer-en-verb-S7ZT3G93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "žurnalisṭi",
      "sense": "publicist",
      "word": "ჟურნალისტი"
    }
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}

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      "code": "ar",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "dìmíng cídiǎn",
      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
      "word": "地名辞典"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "index géographique"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "geograpiuli cnobari",
      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
      "word": "გეოგრაფიული ცნობარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "geograpiuli leksiḳoni",
      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
      "word": "გეოგრაფიული ლექსიკონი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "periḗgēsis",
      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
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    },
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      "alt": "ちめいじてん",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chimei jiten",
      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
      "word": "地名辞典"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "farhang-e joğrâfiyâyi",
      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
      "word": "فرهنگ جغرافیایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jâynâme",
      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
      "word": "جاینامه"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gazeter"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "географи́ческий спра́вочник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "geografíčeskij leksikón",
      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "географи́ческий лексико́н"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
      "word": "nomenclátor"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "geographic dictionary or encyclopedia",
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        "neuter"
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