geographer

noun

ge·​og·​ra·​pher jē-ˈä-grə-fər How to pronounce geographer (audio)
: a specialist in geography

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Rashad Shabazz, a historical cultural geographer at Arizona State University, helped bring hundreds of signs, posters and artwork from the protests to Phoenix in 2024. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 25 May 2025 First and foremost, outdoor workers should be given sufficient shade and frequent breaks to cool down, says Jesús Rodrigo Comino, a geographer at the University of Granada and a co-author of the Spanish study. Sanket Jain, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025 The term can be traced back to the work of German political scientist and geographer Karl Haushofer – a favorite of Adolf Hitler – in the 1920s. Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 13 May 2025 Bateman is the herpetologist and Larson is the human-environment geographer. Jessica Boehm, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for geographer

Word History

Etymology

see geography

First Known Use

1542, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of geographer was in 1542

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“Geographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geographer. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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