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cosmographer

UK/kɒzˈmɒɡɹəfə/

cosmographer noun: a scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.

Noun

cosmographer (plural cosmographers)

  1. A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
  2. (obsolete) Someone who describes the world; a geographer or anthropologist.
    • And if it be (as Cosmographers report) that there are Nations, who receive and admit a Dogge to be their King, it must necessarily follow, that they give a certaine interpretations to his voice and moving.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Synonyms of cosmographer

Forms of cosmographer

pluralcosmographers

Origin of cosmographer

From cosmography + -er, corresponding to cosmo- + -grapher.

Questions about cosmographer

What does cosmographer mean?
Cosmographer means a scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
What part of speech is cosmographer?
Cosmographer is a noun.
How do you pronounce cosmographer?
Cosmographer is pronounced /kɒzˈmɒɡɹəfə/ (UK).
What is the plural of cosmographer?
The plural of cosmographer is cosmographers.

Words near cosmographer in the dictionary

  1. cosmogonizing
  2. cosmogony
  3. cosmogram
  4. cosmogrammatic
  5. cosmograms
  6. cosmographer
  7. cosmographers
  8. cosmographic
  9. cosmographical
  10. cosmographically
  11. cosmographie

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