GAZETTEE'R, noun A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority. 1. The title of a newspaper. 2. A book containing a brief description of empires, kingdoms, cities, towns and rivers, in a country or in the whole world, alphabetically arranged; a book of topographical descriptions.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI