topographer

[ tuh-pog-ruh-fer ]
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noun
  1. a specialist in topography.

  2. a person who describes the surface features of a place or region.

Origin of topographer

1
1595–1605; <Greek topográph(os) topographer (see topo-, -graph) + -er1

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How to use topographer in a sentence

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

    The River-Names of Europe | Robert Ferguson
  • We pursued them through passages and halls whose confused arrangement would craze the best military topographer.

    Saragossa | Benito Prez Galds