■ noun
1》 a journal or newspaper, especially the official one of an organization or institution.
2》 historical a news-sheet.
■ verb Brit. announce or publish in an official ~.
↘publish the fact of the appointment of (someone) to a military or other official post.
Origin
C17: via Fr. from Ital. gazzetta , orig. Venetian gazeta de la novità 'a halfpennyworth of news' (with ref. to a news-sheet sold for a gazeta , a Venetian coin of small value).