Gazette
[gə'zet]
Definition
(noun.) a newspaper or official journal.
(verb.) publish in a gazette.
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Definition
(n.) A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.
(v. t.) To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Newspaper.
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Definition
n. a newspaper: one of the three official newspapers of the United Kingdom published in Edinburgh London and Dublin with record of every appointment in the public service.—v.t. to publish in a gazette:—pr.p. gazett′ing; pa.p. gazett′ed.—n. Gazetteer′ a geographical dictionary: (orig.) a writer for a gazette official journalist.—v.t. to describe in gazetteers.—adj. Gazettee′rish like a gazetteer in style.—Appear Have one's name in the Gazette to be mentioned in one of the three official newspapers esp. of bankrupts.
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Examples
- They talked about war and glory, and Boney and Lord Wellington, and the last Gazette. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- That's why my name's in the Gazette. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- If she fails us, isn't there what you call the Gazette? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She closed her lips and resumed the Gazette. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The new-comer was introduced to Mr. Pickwick as Mr. Pott, the editor of the Eatanswill _Gazette_. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The Gazette first published the result of the two battles; at which glorious intelligence all England thrilled with triumph and fear. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Rawdon's promotion, and the honourable mention made of his name in the Gazette, filled this good Christian lady also with alarm. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The perpetual recurrence of his name, joined to most honourable testimonials, in the Greek gazettes, kept up the interest he had excited. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Lord George gave up his post on the European continent, and was gazetted to Brazil. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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