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ethnographer

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who practices ethnography.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

an anthropologist who does ethnography

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Broader terms: anthropologist

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos)der. English ethno- English -grapher English ethnographer From ethno- + -grapher.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: etnógrafu — one who studies ethnography
  • Asturian: etnógrafa — one who studies ethnography
  • Belarusian: этно́граф (etnóhraf) — one who studies ethnography
  • Catalan: etnògraf — one who studies ethnography
  • Catalan: etnògrafa — one who studies ethnography
  • Czech: etnograf — one who studies ethnography
  • Danish: etnograf — one who studies ethnography
  • Dutch: etnograaf — one who studies ethnography
  • Dutch: etnografe — one who studies ethnography
  • Esperanto: etnografo — one who studies ethnography
  • French: ethnographe — one who studies ethnography
  • Galician: etnógrafo — one who studies ethnography
  • Galician: etnógrafa — one who studies ethnography
  • Georgian: ეთნოგრაფი (etnograpi) — one who studies ethnography
  • German: Ethnograph — one who studies ethnography
  • German: Ethnographin — one who studies ethnography
  • Greek: εθνογράφος (ethnográfos) — one who studies ethnography
  • Hungarian: etnográfus — one who studies ethnography
  • Hungarian: néprajztudós — one who studies ethnography
  • Hungarian: néprajzkutató — one who studies ethnography
  • Irish: eitneagrafaí — one who studies ethnography
  • Italian: etnografo — one who studies ethnography
  • Italian: etnografa — one who studies ethnography
  • Portuguese: etnógrafo — one who studies ethnography
  • Portuguese: etnógrafa — one who studies ethnography
  • Russian: этно́граф (etnógraf) — one who studies ethnography
  • Spanish: etnógrafo — one who studies ethnography
  • Spanish: etnógrafa — one who studies ethnography
  • Swedish: etnograf — one who studies ethnography
  • Ukrainian: етно́граф (etnóhraf) — one who studies ethnography
Real reading context

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