Associations to the word «Baedeker»

Wiktionary

BAEDEKER, proper noun. Proprietary name of a longtime series of travel guidebooks.
BAEDEKER, noun. (by extension from the proprietary name) Any travel guide, advice for travelers, or guide pertaining to other subjects.

Dictionary definition

BAEDEKER, noun. German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks (1801-1859).
BAEDEKER, noun. Any of a series of travel guidebooks published by the German firm founded by Karl Baedeker.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin