topographer

[ tuh-pog-ruh-fer ]

noun

1. a specialist in topography.
2. a person who describes the surface features of a place or region.

Word History and Origins

Origin of topographer¹

1595–1605; < Greek topográph ( os ) topographer ( topo-, -graph ) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Everyone from government topographers and fur traders to missionaries imposing their beliefs onto Indigenous communities headed across the Mississippi River toward the Midwest.

From Ozy

Morris, who spent a decade as an Atlanta topographer, didn't really like to work.

From The Daily Beast

The Topographer says he "describes with the language of a master, the artless scenes of uncultivated nature."

From Project Gutenberg

The old topographer informs us that in the time of Richard II.

From Project Gutenberg

Surely Thackeray, especially in the “Ballads,” mentions many places not alluded to by the new topographer.

From Project Gutenberg

And the feature which strikes the topographer is of course that which would naturally give the name.

From Project Gutenberg

We pursued them through passages and halls whose confused arrangement would craze the best military topographer.

From Project Gutenberg

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