geographer

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US /dʒiˈɑɡrəfɚ/ UK /dʒiˈɒɡrəfə/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person who studies the physical features and human geography of the earth

    The geographer mapped the shifting course of the river over decades.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a person who studies the... cartographertopographer
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Etymology

From Greek 'geographos' ('one who describes the earth'), from 'ge' ('earth') plus 'graphein' ('to write, describe'), with the agentive suffix '-er'.

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