Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gazette

Gazette , noun

[French gazette, Italian gazzetta, perh. from gazetta a Venetian coin (see Gazet), said to have been the price of the first newspaper published at Venice; or perh. dim. of gazza magpie, a name perh. applied to the first newspaper; compare Old High German agalstra magpie, German elster.]

A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.

Gazette , transitive verb

To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.