Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1807-1817
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†GAZETTE WRITER, n. comb. A writer for the official Edinburgh Gazette, a journal issued by authority twice a week and containing lists of Government appointments and promotions, names of bankrupts and other public notices, a sinecure office under the Crown, abolished in 1819.Sc. 1807 Annual Register 241–2:
Another appointment made by the late administration was that of gazette-writer created by patent for Scotland with a salary of £300 per annum.Sc. 1817 Scots Mag. (April) 272:
Three old Inspectors of Wheel-carriages, Gazette Writer, and Inspector-General of Roads, are offices to be abolished.
