iconographer

noun

ico·​nog·​ra·​pher ˌī-kə-ˈnä-grə-fər 

1

: a maker of figures or drawings especially of a conventional type

2

: a student of iconography

Examples of iconographer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For three decades, the iconographer Mark Doox has explored anti-Blackness in America and in the church. — New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024

According to the official royal website, iconographer Aidan Hart designed a three-sided structure that has a sentimental panel sewn in the front. — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 7 May 2023

The icons — painted by a master iconographer at a monastery in Mount Athos onto pieces of canvas sized to fit niches in the church’s interior — began arriving in diplomatic pouches. — Jane Margolies, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022

The upstart Tudor dynasty and its heretic kingdom needed a thoroughly modern iconographer. — Dominic Green, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021

Word History

Etymology

iconography + -er entry 2

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for iconographer

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