geographer

noun

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

Examples of geographer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The widespread interest in the impact hypothesis outside academia can appear difficult to understand, says Tristan Sturm, a geographer at Queen’s University Belfast, who studies apocalyptic narratives and conspiracy theories. Zach St. George, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024 Institutional investors are also buying homes where people want to live, Taylor Shelton, a geographer and assistant professor at Georgia State University, said. Alena Botros, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2024 Stefano Bloch, a cultural geographer, a professor at the University of Arizona and a former graffiti artist, said the graffiti had helped draw attention to the incomplete project, while noting that the intruders did still break the law. Rebecca Carballo, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024 Get-Together’s attractive city-like atmosphere, urban geographers say. Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2024 In Michoacán, more than 25,000 acres of avocado orchards authorized for export to the United States are on lands that were covered in forest as recently as 2014, according to environmental geographers from the University of Texas at Austin. Emiliano Rodríguez Mega César Rodríguez, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023 To investigate these possibilities, statistician Wendy Cho, along with computer scientist Yan Liu and geographer Shaowen Wang of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, designed an algorithm that divides maps into districts—based on the rules set by the state in question. Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2022 As to the question of exactly what kind of measures are needed to secure the southern border, Congressional leaders would be wise to consider the work of Dutch geographer Hein de Haas. Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 Hurricane Lane in 2018 was also associated with large fires on Maui and Oahu, noted Abby Frazier, a climatologist and geographer at Clark University in Massachusetts. Ray Sanchez, CNN, 10 Aug. 2023

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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 28 Mar. 2024.

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