Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A newspaper.
- noun An official journal.
- noun Chiefly British An announcement in an official journal.
- transitive verb Chiefly British To announce or publish in an official journal or in a newspaper.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To insert in a gazette; announce or publish in a gazette—specifically, in one of the three official Gazettes of Great Britain.
- noun A newspaper; a sheet of paper containing an account of current events and transactions: often used as the specific name of a newspaper.
- noun Specifically, one of the three official newspapers of Great Britain, published in London (semi-weekly, first established at Oxford in 1665), Edinburgh, and Dublin, containing, among other things, lists of appointments and promotions in all branches of the public service, and of public honors awarded, and also lists of persons declared bankrupt.
- noun Hence An official or authoritative report or announcement in or as if in the Gazette.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.
- transitive verb To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; especially, the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.
- verb To publish in a gazette
- verb UK to announce the status of in an official gazette. This pertained to both appointments and bankruptcies.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb publish in a gazette
- noun a newspaper or official journal
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the year 1531, a newspaper was printed at Venice, for which the price charged was a Venetian coin called gazetta; and hence is derived our word gazette; the name of the coin having been transferred to the paper. 1
The History of Printing in America, with a Biography of Printers, and an Account of Newspapers ... 1874
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The gazette is the last stop for draft laws before reaching parliament, where President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zimbabwe African
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It says the measure will come into force after its publication in the official gazette, which is expected "imminently".
BBC News - Home 2011
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And what gives this cop the right to call the gazette reporter after giving him a ticket for BREAKING THE LAW and tell him to rip it up?
unknown title 2009
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The first "gazette" was watched for with straining eyes, and naturally would follow aching hearts; for disappointment here first sowed the dragon's teeth that were to spring into armed opponents of the unappreciative power.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon
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This word "gazette" makes its appeal, too, curiously enough, to those who christen country papers; and trade journals have much of the intimate charm of country papers.
Walking-Stick Papers Robert Cortes Holliday
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Finally the office of Gazetteer was abolished, and any man who wished might issue a "gazette," provided he kept within proper bounds.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Elbert Hubbard 1885
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He served me as a kind of gazette of all that passed with the princesses, in whose opinion I had still the misfortune not to be in the very highest estimation.
Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry, with minute details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV. Written by herself Etienne-L��on Lamothe-Langon 1825
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The following "gazette" appeared in the _Moniteur_: --
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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(though it is an engaging thing, I think) the word "gazette" is the great word among the titles of trade journals.
Walking-Stick Papers Robert Cortes Holliday
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