gazette Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a newspaper or official journal
  2. verb publish in a gazette

WordNet

Ga*zette" noun
Etymology
F. gazette, It. 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; cf. OHG. agalstra magpie, G. elster.
Definitions
  1. A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.
Ga*zette" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Gazetted; present participle & verbal noun Gazetting
Definitions
  1. To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.

Webster 1913