Gāz'et-teer',, n.

n. [Fr. gazetier.]

1. A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority. Johnson.
2. A newspaper; a gazette. Burke.
3. A book containing names and brief descriptions, alphabetically arranged, of the natural and civil divisions, as of the states, cities, towns, rivers, &c., over the whole world, or any division or country; a book of topographical descriptions; a geographical dictionary.
4. An alphabetical descriptive list of any thing.