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GEOGRAPHER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An expert on geography

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("geographer" is a kind of...):

expert (a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "geographer"):

cartographer; map maker (a person who makes maps)

Instance hyponyms:

Gerardus Mercator; Gerhard Kremer; Mercator (Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594))

Derivation:

geography (study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation)

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