maphead

maphead noun: someone who is particularly interested in maps and geography.

Noun

maphead (plural mapheads)

(informal) Someone who is particularly interested in maps and geography.
- "Marginalized"? You got an old map, dollikins, and you must be a maphead, and like all mapheads you're scared of the territory, got to get it on paper. Why else would you fondle the concept of "dangerous language"?1996, R. U. Sirius [pseudonym; Ken Goffman], St. Jude [pseudonym; Jude Milhon], How to Mutate and Take Over the World, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 76
- In this crowd, you don't have to roll your eyes at Mom when she mentions the geography bee in front of your friends — it's okay to be a maphead.2011, Ken Jennings, Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks, New York, N.Y. […]: Scribner, →ISBN, page 134

But it may be safe to assume that they were mapheads, and they dug his work.2012, Simon Garfield, On the Map: Why the World Looks the Way It Does, London: Profile Books, →ISBN, page 86:
Sometimes the book's appeal goes beyond mapheads (the new term for map lovers).2013 September 28, Douglas J. Johnston, “Map history gets lost in thicket of details”, in Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, M.B.: FP Canadian...

plural	mapheads

From map + -head.

What does maphead mean?: Maphead means someone who is particularly interested in maps and geography.
How do you use maphead in a sentence?: But it may be safe to assume that they were mapheads, and they dug his work.
What part of speech is maphead?: Maphead is a noun.
What is the plural of maphead?: The plural of maphead is mapheads.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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