mapmaker
3
3.5
- noun
- /ˈmæpˌmeɪkər/
:
cartógrafo
- The mapmaker drew an impressive representation of the city, highlighting all major landmarks.
- maps and mapmaker
- early mapmakers
Examples
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As an experienced mapmaker, she understood the importance of accuracy in her designs.
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I must arrange for you to address my mapmakers and general staff.
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Every mapmaker in the world is waiting for your decision.
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By representing particular places on a map, the mapmaker implies a unity of meaning.
Academic text (2007) -
George Washington was trained as a mapmaker, a surveyor, and a cartographer.
Blog text (4) -
However, not all mapmakers shared the same views, which led to differing map representations.
Academic text (1992) -
Of course, all maps are conceptualizations of space that are deeply informed by the cultural perspectives of the mapmakers.
Academic text (2014) -
The village was documented by a number of seventeenth-century mapmakers (including John Smith in 1612).
Academic text (2006) -
Throughout the centuries, mapmakers have sought interpretive cartographic solutions to ambiguities in biblical geography (Laor 1986).
Academic text (1992) -
The talented mapmaker created detailed digital maps for the new hiking trails.
Synonyms
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7.5
A person who makes maps
1
2.9
A person who draws maps
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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
3
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mapmaker is simply map ('a picture that shows places') plus maker ('one who makes'), so it means someone or something that makes or designs maps. A helpful image is a person drawing roads and rivers on paper or on a screen — that is what a mapmaker does.