cosmographer

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοσμογράφος (kosmographos) +‎ -er, corresponding to cosmo- + -grapher.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kɒzˈmɒɡɹəfə/

Noun

cosmographer (plural cosmographers)

1. (astrophysics) a scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
2. (obsolete) Someone who describes the world; a geographer or anthropologist.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:

     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

• cosmographist

Related terms

• cosmologist
• cosmology

Translations

• French: cosmographe (fr) m and f
• Latin: cosmographus (la) m