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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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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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