geographer
pronunciation
How to pronounce geographer in British English:
UK [dʒiˈɒɡrəfə(r)]
How to pronounce geographer in American English:
US [dʒiˈɑːɡrəfər]
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- Noun:
- an expert on geography
Word Origin
- geographer (n.)
- "one versed in geography," 1540s, from geography + agent noun ending -er (1). The Greek word was geographos (Medieval Latin geographus).
Example
- 1. Eventually a dutch historian mentioned a retired mongolian geographer , professor baasan tudevin , who had travelled extensively through thegobidesert .
- 2. Sun lan was a well-known chinese geographer , astronomer , mathematician , historian , painter and calligrapher in the 17th century .
- 3. According to paul sutton , a geographer at the university of denver and frequent collaborator with the noaa team , measuring artificial lighting may in fact become one of the best ways for estimating how technology affects humanity 's entire ecological footprint on earth .
- 4. Strabo the geographer , writing in the first century , described the city walls high on the crest of a hill , as being steep to the very top and difficult to ascend .
- 5. 1st Century bc first mention of sherry by strabo , a greek geographer , who writes about vines being brought to jerez by the phoenicians .