Hansard

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The official report of the proceedings and debates of a legislature in the Commonwealth of Nations, especially of the British or Canadian parliament.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A merchant of one of the Hanse towns.
2. n. The official report of the proceedings and debates of the British parliament.

Wiktionary

1. n. The official report of discussions in the British and some Commonwealth parliaments.
2. n. historical A merchant of one of the Hanse towns.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers.
2. n. A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d hanse.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the official published verbatim report of the proceedings of a parliamentary body; originally of the British Parliament