gazette

[guh-zet]

noun

1. a newspaper (now used chiefly in the names of newspapers).

   The Phoenix Gazette.

2. Chiefly British.,  an official government journal containing lists of government appointments and promotions, bankruptcies, etc.

verb (used with object)

gazetted, gazetting 

1. Chiefly British.,  to publish, announce, or list in an official government journal.

gazette

/ ɡəˈzɛt /

noun

1. 1. a newspaper or official journal

   2. ( capital when part of the name of a newspaper )

      the Thame Gazette

2. gaz. an official document containing public notices, appointments, etc

verb

1. (tr) to announce or report (facts or an event) in a gazette

Other Word Forms

• ungazetted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gazette¹

1595–1605; < French < Italian gazzetta < Venetian gazeta, originally a coin (the price of the paper), diminutive of gaza magpie

Word History and Origins

Origin of gazette¹

C17: from French, from Italian gazzetta, from Venetian dialect gazeta news-sheet costing one gazet, small copper coin, perhaps from gaza magpie, from Latin gaia, gaius jay

Example Sentences

He would be released from Wadi al-Natrun prison, north-west of Cairo, once the pardon was published in the official gazette, he added.

From BBC

According to the Supreme Court order, a person must draft the will, sign it in the presence of two witnesses, and have it attested by a notary or gazetted officer.

From BBC

The election will take place on 14 November, almost a year ahead of schedule, according to a notification in the official government gazette.

From BBC

Once the law is published in the official gazette, judges will have two months in which to apply it.

From BBC

The Turkish government finalized the step by publishing the measure in an official gazette.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• periodical