geographer

noun

ge·​og·​ra·​pher jē-ˈä-grə-fər How to pronounce geographer (audio)
: a specialist in geography

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Into the liquor boxes go monographs about land use, river systems, the market forms of peripheral economies: books a respectable geographer can be relied upon to own. Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024 Parts of the country, such as the San Blas islands, are already being threatened by sea level rise, says Gustavo Cárdenas, a Panamanian geographer who is now studying climate change impacts on water in Prague. Jocelyn Timperley, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2020 Do geographers and geologists attend conferences held by idiots who believe the earth is flat? Michael A. Hiltzik, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024 Extraordinary amid the tumult of the late 1960s, the Lab was a gathering place for computer scientists and mathematicians, geographers and social scientists, urban planners and designers — working together. Jack Dangermond, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for geographer 

Word History

Etymology

see geography

First Known Use

1542, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of geographer was in 1542

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“Geographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geographer. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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