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Definition of Topographer
1. n. One who is skilled in the science of topography; one who describes a particular place, town, city, or tract of land.
Definition of Topographer
1. Noun. a person who studies or records topography ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Topographer
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Topographer
1. One who is skilled in the science of topography; one who describes a particular place, town, city, or tract of land. "Dante is the one authorised topographer of the mediaeval hell." (Milman) Origin: Cf. F. Topographe, Cr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Topographer
Literary usage of Topographer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Railroad Curves and Earthwork by Calvin Frank Allen (1920)
"The Topographer is, or should be, one of the most valuable members of the party.
In times past it has not always been found necessary to have a topographer, ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1834)
"The Family Topographer, being a Compendious Account of the Antient and Present
... THIS volume of the Family Topographer, embracing the Oxford Circuit, ..."
3. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1877)
"In 1875, my party consisted of ten persons : Dr. AC Peale, geologist; William R.
Atkinson, assistant topographer; William S. Holman, barometrical observer ..."
4. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1878)
"Hoping that this report may prove of interest and meet with your approval, I am,
very respectfully, your obedient servant, Chief Topographer. ..."
5. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"... A KNOWLEDGE OF GEOLOGY TO THE Topographer. — The features of the earth's
surface are determined by geologic processes working upon geologic structures. ..."
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