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Bae⋅de⋅ker

  [bey-di-ker]
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–noun
1. Karl, 1801–59, German publisher, notably of guidebooks for travelers.
2. any of the series of guidebooks for travelers issued by the him or his successors.
3. anyguidebook, pamphlet, or the like, containing information useful to travelers: a Baedeker to the restaurants of the region.
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Bae·de·ker   (bā'dĭ-kər)   
n.  A guidebook to countries or a country.

[After the guidebooks published by Karl Baedeker.]
Baedeker, Karl 1801-1859.  
German publisher who established a series of guidebooks in 1829.
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Baedeker 
"travel guide," 1863, from Ger. printer and bookseller Karl Baedeker (1801-1859) whose popular travel guides began the custom of rating places with one to four stars. The Baedeker raids by the Ger. Air Force in April and May 1942 targeted British cultural and historical sites.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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