1. (n.) A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority.

2. (n.) A newspaper; a gazette.

3. (n.) A geographical dictionary; a book giving the names and descriptions, etc., of many places.

4. (n.) An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.

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