cartographer
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7.5
- noun
- /kɑːrˈtɒɡrəfər/
:
cartógrafo
- Many cartographers collaborate with scientists to ensure maps are both informative and precise.
- cartographer maps
- Dutch cartographer
- most cartographers
Examples
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Vincent was an immigrant architect and cartographer who arrived in Savannah in 1851 and died five years later, at the age of twenty-seven.
Academic text (2011) -
Now, I've asked our cartographer to point on the map...
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Doesn't take an expert cartographer to tell the difference.
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In attempting to map biblical places, cartographers face a variety of challenges.
Academic text (1992) -
Smith, the cartographer, digitally mapped the position of each body.
Academic text (2009) -
The migrations of one cartographer, sixty-year-old Ivaluartjuk, are perhaps representative of the average pattern.
Academic text (1990) -
Two Inuit cartographers add information to a British chart for explorer John Ross in 1830.
Academic text (1990) -
By presenting new, improved, and corrected maps of Africa, cartographers helped to shape and legitimize the process of imperialist expansion.
Academic text (1994) -
As a skilled cartographer, she creates detailed maps of the changing landscapes.
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The cartographer used advanced technology to accurately depict the new city layout.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who draws maps using computer tools
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5.8
A person who makes maps or marks information on charts
A person who makes detailed maps of land features like rivers and hills
How Skilled
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7.5
1
2.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
cartographer = cartograph (semi-transparent) = cartograph + er
The agentive '-er' clearly yields 'one who makes maps', but the base 'cartograph' is relatively rare and not familiar to many learners.
Etymology
Cartographer comes from the parts carto- meaning 'map' and -graph meaning 'to write or draw', as you can see in words like chart and photograph. So a cartographer is someone who 'writes' or 'draws' maps, which is why the word means a person who makes maps.