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Cosmographer

/kɒzˈmɒɡrəfə/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who creates maps or treatises describing the universe and the earth's features.

    "The ancient cosmographer charted both the known oceans and the celestial constellations."
  2. 2

    An expert or specialist in cosmography, the science that maps the general features of the universe.

    "Renaissance courts frequently employed a royal cosmographer to oversee navigation charts and global descriptions."

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Derived from the Late Latin word 'cosmographus', which originates from the Ancient Greek 'kosmographos', combining 'kosmos' (universe, world) and 'graphein' (to write, draw). Entering English in the late 15th century, the term originally referred to a scholar who mapped and described the physical universe and the earth.

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