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guidebook

American  
[gahyd-book] / ˈgaɪdˌbʊk /

noun

  1. a book of directions, advice, and information, especially for travelers or tourists.


guidebook British  
/ ˈɡaɪdˌbʊk /

noun

  1. Also called: guide.  a handbook with information for visitors to a place, as a historic building, museum, or foreign country

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of guidebook

First recorded in 1805–15; guide + book

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“Over time equities should rise with inflation because companies can raise their prices,” says Wade Pfau, author of the Retirement Planning Guidebook.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

But no one has grander thoughts at the Fleas than its owner and chef, one M. Amite, whose imagination has been fired by receiving a star from the Michelin Guidebook.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2019

Winter found a kindred spirit in David Gebhard, an architectural historian at UC Santa Barbara, and together they wrote the first edition of “An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles,” which was published in 1965.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2019

Mrs. Pearce began working for the White House Historical Association in March 1961 and was the principal author of the first White House Guidebook, published in June 1962.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2017

Guidebook for The New Down the river road.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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