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bul⋅le⋅tin

  [bool-i-tn, -tin] noun, verb, -tined, -tin⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a brief account or statement, as of news or events, issued for the information of the public.
2. Journalism.
a. a brief, prominently featured newspaper account, based upon information received just before the edition went to press.
b. a similar brief account broadcast over radio or television pending further information.
3. a pamphlet or monograph summarizing the past achievements, existing conditions, and future plans of a corporation, educational institution, government agency, etc., esp. one cataloging the classes taught at a college or university.
4. an official, special, or scholarly periodical, as of a learned society.
–verb (used with object)
5. to make known by a bulletin.
Origin:
1645–55; < F, perh. < It bullettino, equiv. to bullett(a) (bulla bull 2 + -etta -ette ) + -ino -ine 2
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bul·le·tin   (bŏŏl'ĭ-tn, -tĭn)   
n.  
  1. A brief report, especially an official statement on a matter of public interest issued for immediate publication or broadcast.
  2. A brief update or summary of current news, as on television or radio or in a newspaper.
  3. A periodical, especially one published by an organization or society.
  4. A printed program, especially one listing the order of worship for a religious service: a church bulletin.
tr.v.   bul·le·tined, bul·le·tin·ing, bul·le·tins
To announce or make known by bulletin.

[French, probably from Italian bullettino, diminutive of bolletta, bill, diminutive of bolla, bubble, bull, from Medieval Latin bulla; see bull2.]
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Bulletin

Bul"le*tin\, n. [F. bulletin, fr. It. bullettino, dim. of bulletta, dim. of bulla, bolla, an edict of the pope, from L. bulla bubble. See Bull an edict.]

1. A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority for the information of the public.

2. Any public notice or announcement, especially of news recently received.

3. A periodical publication, especially one containing the proceeding of a society.

Bulletin board, a board on which announcements are put, particularly at newsrooms, newspaper offices, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : bulletin
Spanish: boletín,
German: das Bulletin,
Japanese: 公報
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bulletin 
1765, from Fr. bulletin, modeled on It. bulletino, dim. of bulletta "document, voting slip," itself a dim. of L. bulla (see bull (2)). Popularized by their use in the Napoleonic Wars as the name for dispatches sent from the front meant for the home public (which led to the proverbial expression as false as a bulletin). The first record of bulletin-board is from 1831.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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