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Gazette

//ɡəˈzɛt// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A locality in the Shire of Moyne and the Shire of Southern Grampians, south western Victoria, Australia
Noun
  1. 1
    A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically.
  2. 2
    a newspaper or official journal wordnet
  3. 3
    An official periodical publication published by a government containing legal and state notices, and in some cases, legislations, subsidiary legislations and bills.
Verb
  1. 1
    To publish (something) in a gazette. transitive
  2. 2
    publish in a gazette wordnet
  3. 3
    To announce the status of (someone) in an official gazette; this pertained to both appointments and bankruptcies. UK, transitive

    "Benjamin had already been gazetted captain and Kopp was in process of being gazetted major."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French gazette, from Italian gazzetta, from Venetan gazeta, from gazeta dele novità (literally “a gazeta (halfpenny) of news”), named for the cost (one gazeta) of the newspaper. Compare penny dreadful, dime novel. See gazzetta for more.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French gazette, from Italian gazzetta, from Venetan gazeta, from gazeta dele novità (literally “a gazeta (halfpenny) of news”), named for the cost (one gazeta) of the newspaper. Compare penny dreadful, dime novel. See gazzetta for more.

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