demographer C2+ Topic:People & Society US /dɪˈmɑɡrəfɚ/ UK /dɪˈmɒɡrəfə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a specialist who studies the statistics of human populations The demographer projected a sharp decline in the region's birth rate. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a specialist who studies... statisticiancensustaker Word family Related forms demographydemographicdemographics Etymology AI details Formed from demography plus the agentive suffix -er; from Ancient Greek dēmos ('the people') plus -graphia ('writing, description'), from graphein ('to write'). dēmos Ancient Greek graphein Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # demographer **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /dɪˈmɑɡrəfɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪˈmɒɡrəfə/ ## Meanings 1. a specialist who studies the statistics of human populations ## Examples - The demographer projected a sharp decline in the region's birth rate. ## Synonyms - statistician - censustaker ## Related Forms - demography - demographic - demographics ## Roots and Affixes - Root: dēmos - Root: graphein ## Etymology Formed from demography plus the agentive suffix -er; from Ancient Greek dēmos ('the people') plus -graphia ('writing, description'), from graphein ('to write'). ## AI Etymology Demographer has the etymological history Formed from demography plus the agentive suffix -er; from Ancient Greek dēmos ('the people') plus -graphia ('writing, description'), from graphein ('to write'). The ancestry passes through Ancient Greek dēmos and Ancient Greek graphein. The suffix -er marks an agent, instrument, or associated person, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "a specialist who studies the statistics of human populations", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include demography, demographic, and demographics. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown