cartographer

[ kahr-tog-ruh-fer ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cartographer¹

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

Example Sentences

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

Eclipse cartographer Michael Zeiler told USA Today that the moon phase would be no more than 5 to 6 hours old at sunset, making it impossible to see the crescent that evening.

From Los Angeles Times

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

These are images detailed on the “Carta Marina”, a map from the late 1530s that served as an authority to cartographers, authors, and scholars studying the European seas.

From National Geographic

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