GAZETTE

gazette. Gazette, n. a kind of newspaper or public print

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Ga‐zette″ (?), n. [[F. gazette, It. gazzetta, perh. from gazetta a Venetian coin (see Gazet), said to have been the price of the first newspaper published at Venice; or perh. dim. of gazza magpie, a name perh. applied to the first newspaper; cf. OHG. agalstra magpie, G. elster.]] A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.