cosmographer
English
Etymology
From cosmography + -er, corresponding to cosmo- + -grapher.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɒzˈmɒɡɹəfə/
Noun
cosmographer (plural cosmographers)
- (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
- (obsolete) Someone who describes the world; a geographer or anthropologist.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- 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.
Synonyms
- (general): cosmographist
Related terms
Translations
scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe
(obsolete) someone who describe the world
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