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

While new to this particular series, Newton is a skilled cartographer of comedy-horror terrain as the star of “Freaky,” “Lisa Frankenstein,” and the directors’ previous film, “Abigail.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

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 • Oct. 31, 2025

Medical diagnostics expert, doctor's assistant, and cartographer are all fair titles for an artificial intelligence model developed by researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

In the field, he worked with basic tools like a wheel odometer, compass and altimeter to confirm the distances and routes of trails that he then translated into paper maps as a self-taught cartographer.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2023

Later, Lyra, who was a cartographer, would plot the course and calculate the distance.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

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