mapmaker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mapmaker
Example Sentences
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Then one day the mapmaker stumbles on a sacred grove that delivers him a vision and a mission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
More of that later, but we're with her to talk about Land, her sweeping new tale centred around the story of an Irish mapmaker working for the British army in the mid-19th Century.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
He saw the mapmaker get tripped up by his own alleged cover story, and he ruled accordingly.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2025
He was known as a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, mapmaker, student of nature and doubtless a dozen other things we’ll learn in the course of this documentary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024
“Smart girl. A mapmaker, better than anyone, should know which way to go.”
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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