Baedeker

[bey-di-ker]

noun

Karl,1801–59, German publisher, notably of guidebooks for travelers.

any of the series of guidebooks for travelers issued by the him or his successors.

anyguidebook, pamphlet, or the like, containing information useful to travelers: a Baedeker to the restaurants of the region.

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Examples from the Web for baedeker

Baedeker, always conservative, estimates the fire loss at three hundred and fifty millions.
Abroad at Home|Julian Street
Excellence in literature has been pointed out to her, starred and double-starred, like Baedeker's cathedrals.
Americans and Others|Agnes Repplier
One was a Baedeker in scarlet and gold, like one who on a Monday morning leaves all behind him and travels away from sorrow.
On the Seaboard|August Strindberg
But let not the tourist suppose he can escape his tyrant Baedeker even at the top of the Giralda.
Spanish Highways and Byways|Katharine Lee Bates

It must be in that sense that Baedeker specifies those 3500 inhabitants.
Golden Lads|Arthur Gleason and Helen Hayes Gleason

British Dictionary definitions for baedeker

Baedeker

noun

any of a series of travel guidebooks issued by the German publisher Karl Baedeker (1801–59) or his firm

any guidebook

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Word Origin and History for baedeker

Baedeker

"travel guide," 1863, from German printer and bookseller Karl Baedeker (1801-1859) whose popular travel guides began the custom of rating places with one to four stars. The Baedeker raids by the Luftwaffe in April and May 1942 targeted British cultural and historical sites.