Glossary
Bulletin: (noun) A. a brief public notice issuing usually
from an authoritative source; specifically : a brief news item
intended for immediate publication or broadcast
*Correspondent: (noun) A. someone employed by a newspaper or
magazine to supply news or articles
Custom: (noun) A. a usage or practice common to many or to a
particular place or class or habitual with an individual B.
long-established practice considered as unwritten law
Editor: (noun) A. a person who prepares literary material for
publication or public presentation
Homesteaders: (noun) A. a person who acquires or settles on
land under a homestead law
Legislator: (noun) A. one that makes laws especially for a
political unit; especially : a member of a legislative body
Nomination: (noun) A. a person who is proposed as a candidate
for election to office
Publish: (verb) A. to produce for publication and allow to be
distributed and sold
Proclamation: (noun) something proclaimed; specifically: an
official formal public announcement -proclaiming a territory as a
state-
Telegraph: (noun) A. an apparatus for communication at a
distance by coded signals; especially : an apparatus, system, or
process for communication at a distance by electric transmission
over wire
Territory: (noun) A. a geographical area belonging to or
under the jurisdiction of a governmental authority
Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary
*The American Heritage Dictionary-Second College Edition
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Copyright 1985
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