Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gazetteer

Gazetteer , noun

[Compare French gazetier.]

1.
A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority. — Johnson
2.
A newspaper; a gazette. [Obsolete] — Burke
3.
A geographical dictionary; a book giving the names and descriptions, etc., of many places.
4.
An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.