ethnographer
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- noun
- /ˌɛθnəˈɡrɑːfər/
- Specialized
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etnógrafo
- The narrative ethnographer has a number of writing strategies available for framing the results of inquiry.
- ethnographers and informants
- ethnographer is an anthropologist
- explorer and ethnographer
And he was a very important ethnographer in the in the communist German state.
- And he was a very important ethnographer in the in the communist German state.
- For example, you know, the ethnographers follow you and I around and they follow you and me around.
Examples
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We must stress, however, that as ethnographers, our concerns go well beyond the textual.
Academic text (1991) -
As an experienced ethnographer, she documented the rituals of the indigenous tribes during her fieldwork.
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Even better, do this while the engineer and the ethnographer are in the same room together.
Blog text (11) -
And he was a very important ethnographer in the in the communist German state.
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The experience for the ethnographer is one of being a planetary citizen.
Academic text (1992) -
The dividends from this investment are considerable, helping to sustain the authority of the ethnographer, whether male, female, or feminist.
Academic text (1993) -
Our survey data were gathered by trained Nepali interviewers and checked for accuracy by the ethnographer directing the project.
Academic text (1993) -
About one p.m., PaLaniamma and the ethnographer collected firewood and began roasting a few tubers.
Academic text (1993) -
Focus groups with Hispanic participants were conducted in Spanish and were facilitated by bilingual ethnographers.
Academic text (2008) -
The ethnographer spent years researching the social structures of various African communities.
Synonyms
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5.9
A person who studies human societies and cultures, often by living with the people they study
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6.9
A person who studies and collects traditional stories, customs, and beliefs
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7.5
A person who studies people's beliefs, customs, and daily life in different societies
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8.9
A scientist who studies human cultures, how people live, and how cultures change
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A person who studies how people live and behave in families and communities
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
ethnographer = ethnography (semi-transparent) = ethno + graph + y + er
Adding -er to the base word 'ethnography' regularly forms the name of a person who does that work.
Etymology
Ethnographer comes from ethno meaning 'people' and -grapher meaning 'one who writes', the same ethno in ethnic and the same -grapher in photographer. So an ethnographer is a person who records and describes how people live, their customs, and daily life.