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cartographer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who makes maps or charts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a person who makes maps

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: map maker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: geographer

Narrower terms: Cabot, Sebastian Cabot

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English cartography Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English cartographer From cartography + -er.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: քարտեզագիր (kʻartezagir) — one who makes maps or charts
  • Catalan: cartògraf — one who makes maps or charts
  • Czech: kartograf — one who makes maps or charts
  • Dutch: cartograaf — one who makes maps or charts
  • Dutch: kaartenmaker — one who makes maps or charts
  • Esperanto: kartografo — one who makes maps or charts
  • Finnish: kartanpiirtäjä — one who makes maps or charts
  • Finnish: kartantekijä — one who makes maps or charts
  • Finnish: kartografi — one who makes maps or charts
  • French: cartographe — one who makes maps or charts
  • Galician: cartógrafo — one who makes maps or charts
  • German: Kartograph — one who makes maps or charts
  • German: Kartograf — one who makes maps or charts
  • German: Kartographin — one who makes maps or charts
  • German: Kartografin — one who makes maps or charts
  • Greek: χαρτογράφος (chartográfos) — one who makes maps or charts
  • Hindi: मानचित्रकार (māncitrakār) — one who makes maps or charts
  • Hindi: नक़्शानवीस (naqśānvīs) — one who makes maps or charts
  • Hindi: नक़्शा-निगार (naqśā-nigār) — one who makes maps or charts
  • Hindi: नक़्शा-कश (naqśā-kaś) — one who makes maps or charts
  • Hungarian: térképész — one who makes maps or charts
  • Hungarian: kartográfus — one who makes maps or charts
  • Icelandic: kortagerðarmaður — one who makes maps or charts
  • Indonesian: kartografer — one who makes maps or charts
  • Indonesian: kartograf — one who makes maps or charts
  • Italian: cartografo — one who makes maps or charts
  • Japanese: 地図製作者 (chizu-seisaku-sha) — one who makes maps or charts
  • Korean: 지도 제작자 (jido jejakja) — one who makes maps or charts
  • Latvian: kartogrāfs — one who makes maps or charts
  • Latvian: kartogrāfe — one who makes maps or charts
  • Macedonian: картограф (kartograf) — one who makes maps or charts
  • Polish: kartograf — one who makes maps or charts
  • Portuguese: cartógrafo — one who makes maps or charts
  • Punjabi: ਨਕਸ਼ਾ ਨਵੀਸ (nakśā navīs) — one who makes maps or charts
  • Romanian: cartograf — one who makes maps or charts
  • Romanian: cartografă — one who makes maps or charts
  • Russian: карто́граф (kartógraf) — one who makes maps or charts
  • Spanish: cartógrafo — one who makes maps or charts
  • Turkish: haritacı — one who makes maps or charts
  • Turkish: kartograf — one who makes maps or charts
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