geographer

noun

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

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Alfred, a geographer, photographer, and sportsman, came from a wealthy rentier Geneva family. Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024 The political geographer Richard Hartshorne famously argued that the viability of any state depends on whether its centripetal (unifying) forces outweigh its centrifugal (dividing) ones. Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2021 The geographer points out that the investigation is advancing, while the forms and numbers of disappearances are multiplying. Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024 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 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 18 Dec. 2024.

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