gazette

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 1, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>gazette</strong> &#149; \guh-ZET\&nbsp; &#149; <em>noun</em><br /> <p><strong>1 :</strong> a paper that is printed and distributed usually daily or weekly and that contains news, articles of opinion, features, and advertising <strong>:</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newspaper">newspaper</a></p> <p><strong>2 :</strong> an official journal</p> <p><strong>3</strong> <em>British</em> <strong>:</strong> an announcement in an official gazette</p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>The weekly <em>gazette</em> includes a list of the names of students who have made local schools' honor rolls.</p> <p>"French media group Lagardere, the owner of Paris Match magazine, has received a 465 million euro ($564 million) state-guaranteed loan to help it cope with the economic fallout of the pandemic, the government’s official <em>gazette</em> said on Sunday." — <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/lagardere-loans/french-media-group-lagardere-gets-465-mln-euro-state-guaranteed-loan-idUSL1N2JE03I">Reuters, 3 Jan. 2021</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>You are probably familiar with the word <em>gazette</em> from its use in the names of a number of newspapers, but the original <em>Gazettes</em> were a series of bulletins published in England in the 17th and early 18th centuries. These official journals contained notices of government appointments and promotions, as well as items like bankruptcies, property transfers, and engagements. In British English, <em>gazette</em> can also refer to the kind of announcement that one might find in such a publication. It can also be used as a verb meaning "to announce or publish in a gazette." The word derives via French from Italian <em>gazetta</em>. The related word <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster