cartographer

American  

[kahr-tog-ruh-fer] / kɑrˈtɒg rə fər /

noun

1. a person engaged in cartography, or the production of maps.

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Etymology

Origin of cartographer

First recorded in 1840–50; equivalent to cart(e) ( def. ) + -o- ( def. ) + -graph ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

When the cartographer James Cheshire stumbled into the room in University College London several years ago, he encountered less a resource for mapping the modern globe than “an epitaph of a world we once knew.”

From The Wall Street Journal

When Thailand agreed to a new border with French-occupied Cambodia, it allowed French cartographers to draw the map.

From BBC

In 2002, the two men returned to the bank in three sailboats with a team of architects, cartographers and marine biologists from several countries to continue building.

From Los Angeles Times

The old maps of the body had the equivalent of major roads and significant geography but also areas cartographers labelled unknown or “terra incognita”.

From BBC

But behind the scenes were hundreds of thousands of military women who worked in crucial non-combat roles such as codebreakers, ship plotters, radar operators and cartographers.

From Seattle Times

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