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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Gazetteer \Gaz`et*teer"\, n. [Cf. F. gazetier.]
     1. A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news
        by authority. --Johnson.
  
     2. A newspaper; a gazette. [Obs.] --Burke.
  
     3. A geographical dictionary; a book giving the names and
        descriptions, etc., of many places.
  
     4. An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gazetteer
       n : a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas)

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