ethnographer
Americannoun
plural
ethnographersOther Word Forms
- autoethnographer noun
Example Sentences
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Times editor, city librarian, pal of Teddy Roosevelt’s, lover, poet, Native American ethnographer, cultural preservationist and founder of L.A.’s first real museum, the Southwest Museum.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024
There, she documented the origin myths and oral traditions of the Malagasy people as an ethnographer.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2024
The only time Frandy has seen Sámi shaman in particular connected to amanita was when a Finnish ethnographer claimed in the 1940s that Inari Sámi noaiddit used to consume amanita with seven spots.
From National Geographic • Dec. 21, 2023
In the late 1850s, naturalist and ethnographer George Gibbs cared for a woolly dog named Mutton.
From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2023
James Mooney, a distinguished ethnographer at the Smithsonian Institution, combed through colonial writings and government documents to conclude that in 1491 North America had 1.15 million inhabitants.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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