Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for cartographer

cartographer

[ kahr-tog-ruh-fer ]

noun

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


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of cartographer1

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

Discover More

Example Sentences

A few hundred years later, Belgian cartographer Gerard Mercator was charged with heresy.

Excitement was intense while the cartographer in clerical glasses worked out the unknown number.

It was Puget Sound, said Tom, the cartographer of the occasion.

This is no doubt conjecture on the part of the cartographer.

He was a good cartographer, and had as strong a bent towards the description of natural phenomena, as Dampier had.

That Prince Henry was probably of the same opinion as the ordinary cartographer of his time about the peninsular shape of Africa.

Advertisement

Related Words

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


cartogramcartography