geographer

noun

ge·​og·​ra·​pher jē-ˈä-grə-fər 

: a specialist in geography

Examples of geographer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That's not a foregone conclusion, says Mark Kear, a geographer at the University of Arizona. — Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026

The vote encourages governments and institutions around the world to replace the traditional Mercator map, commonly used since the 16th Century, with the Equal Earth projection that advocates and geographers say shows locations more accurately. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

To avert future calamities, the forest outside Bordeaux must be thinned and its fire breaks widened, said Arthur Guérin-Turcq, a Sorbonne University geographer whose family cultivates pines near Le Porge. — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

There was never a formal announcement of the ban from Beijing, and research by the geographer Julie Klinger suggests that the embargo may not have resulted from a central directive. — Gloria Xiong, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

see geography

First Known Use

1542, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for geographer

• bibliographer
• choreographer
• lexicographer
• oceanographer
• radiographer
• biographer
• demographer
• ethnographer
• hydrographer
• lithographer
• photographer
• topographer