Meaning & use
cartographer
A person who creates or draws maps, especially as a profession.
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The cartographer spent months surveying the coastline before drawing the new nautical charts.
Medieval cartographers often left blank spaces marked 'here be dragons' on unexplored regions.
A note on using this word
Related nouns are 'cartography' (the practice) and 'cartographic' (the adjective form describing maps or mapmaking).
Words with a similar meaning
mapmaker
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