I. |gazə|ti(ə)r, -iə noun
( -s )
Etymology: probably from French gazetier (formerly spelled gazettier ), from gazette + -ier -er
1.
a. archaic : a writer for a newspaper
b. Britain : a journalist in government employment serving usually as a public-relations officer or publicist
2. obsolete : newspaper , gazette
3.
[from the Gazetteer, shortened form of The Gazetteer's: or, Newsman's Interpreter: Being a Geographical Index (1693), edited by Laurence Echard died 1730 English historian]
: a geographical dictionary in which names and descriptions of places are usually given in alphabetical order ; often : a book in which something (as wines or restaurants) is treated especially in regard to geographical distribution and regional specialization
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to describe in a gazetteer