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CARTOGRAPHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cartographer mean?
• CARTOGRAPHER (noun)
The noun CARTOGRAPHER has 1 sense:
1. a person who makes maps
Familiarity information: CARTOGRAPHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who makes maps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
cartographer; map maker
Hypernyms ("cartographer" is a kind of...):
geographer (an expert on geography)
Instance hyponyms:
Cabot; Sebastian Cabot (son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557))
Derivation:
cartography (the making of maps and charts)
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