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gazette

nounverbattested in dialogue

  • //ɡəˈzɛt//

A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically.

noun

  1. 1

    A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically.

  2. 2

    An official periodical publication published by a government containing legal and state notices, and in some cases, legislations, subsidiary legislations and bills.

Etymology

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.

verb

  1. 1

    To publish (something) in a gazette.

  2. 2

    To announce the status of (someone) in an official gazette; this pertained to both appointments and bankruptcies.

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

Forms

plural
gazettes
past tense
gazetted
past participle
gazetted
present participle
gazetting
third person singular
gazettes
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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