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ethnographer

American  
[eth-nahg-ruhf-er] / ɛθˈnɑg rəf ər /

noun

ethnographers plural
  1. a person engaged in ethnography, especially an anthropologist.


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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

Zora Neale Hurston, literary ethnographer of black life, proves a feisty subject for PBS’ ‘American Masters.’

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2023

“The critical moment in the development of the young shepherd’s reputation is his first quarrel,” the ethnographer J. K. Campbell writes of one herding culture in Greece.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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