map maker
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2.9
- noun
- /mæp ˈmeɪkər/
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cartógrafo
- As a topographical engineer with the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and later as acting chief of the Topographical Department, Army of Northern Virginia, Brown prepared maps and worked closely with Jed Hotchkiss, a famous map maker for Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.
So today we are map makers and exploration will be our key.
- So today we are map makers and exploration will be our key.
Examples
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I'm a map maker!
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There will be a royal map-maker on the expedition, and there may be an herbalist as well, to find medicinal herbs or rare plants of other value, and possibly a master miner who may locate minerals of which the local people know nothing.
Fiction book (1990) -
So today we are map makers and exploration will be our key.
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Well, the map-makers are kept pretty busy.
Fiction book (2000) -
Some are assigned to intelligence units and work as map makers, translators, or data entry personnel.
Academic text (1993) -
Before long, European map makers were guessing the location of his mythical Kingdom.
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Meanwhile, the map makers had come up with a list of islands having at least one fair-sized river valley, and the meteorologists had picked out four with a climate reasonably kind to growing things.
Fiction book (2000) -
Choula the map-maker was there, and Gilipas the priest and ambassador, along with a physician named Tuvas.
Fiction book (1990) -
The map maker carefully illustrated every detail of the new city layout.
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After years of experience, she became a skilled map maker for a publishing company.
Synonyms
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7.5
A person who makes maps
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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
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2.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who creates or draws maps' is directly and transparently derivable from 'map' (a chart) + 'maker' (a person who produces something). This is a regular compound noun following common English and cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Map maker is a simple, literal name from long ago for someone who made maps by hand. A map showed places and a maker would walk the land or talk with sailors to draw coastlines, so the term means 'a person who creates or draws maps'.