mapper
/ˈmæpɚ/
mapper noun: one who produces a map.
Noun
mapper (plural mappers)
- One who produces a map.
- Synonyms:
- cartographer
- A designer of levels for video games.
- As he churned out early versions of the Quake III engine, the mappers and artists felt adrift, with no direction on what to pursue.2003, David Kushner, Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
- A software or hardware component that performs a mapping.
- Throughout the Famicom's life span, Nintendo produced several ASIC mappers, which grew in capability and specialty, allowing the Famicom to break many of its own hardware rules.2015, Nathan Altice, I Am Error: The Nintendo Family Computer/Entertainment System Platform
mapper meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Vietnamese
mapper in Hindi
- one who maps
- मापक māpak
mapper in Urdu
- نقشہ نویس
mapper in Vietnamese
- one who maps
- nhà lập bản đồ, người lập bản đồ, nhà vẽ bản đồ, người vẽ bản đồ
Synonyms of mapper
Forms of mapper
| plural | mappers |
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Origin of mapper
From map + -er.
Words formed from mapper
Questions about mapper
- What does mapper mean?
- Mapper means one who produces a map.
- What is mapper in Hindi?
- Mapper in Hindi is मापक (māpak). See Mapper meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mapper?
- Mapper is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mapper?
- Mapper is pronounced /ˈmæpɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of mapper?
- The plural of mapper is mappers.
Words near mapper in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mapper (page history and authors); mapper (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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