hydrographer
noun
a person who specializes in hydrography.
hydrographers
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pluralof hydrographer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Los Angeles Department of Water and Power hydrographers reported snowpack in the Eastern Sierra to be 24% of normal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
The old Italian hydrographers make frequent mention of the increased degradation which has followed the clearing away of natural woods in several parts of Italy.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
Hydrographers—as, for example, Sir John Murray, K.C.B.—would return a different answer, and it is clear that hydrographers ought to know something about water.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 by Various
From that period until the steamer passed into p.201 the hands of the Imperial hydrographers, the history of the Beaver was that of most of the Company’s trading vessels.
From Some Reminiscences of old Victoria by Edgar Fawcett
His father, John Bouguer, one of the best hydrographers of his time, was regius professor of hydrography at Croisic in lower Brittany, and author of a treatise on navigation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
