单词 | chorographer |
释义 | chorographern. One that describes, or delineates, a particular country or district. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > geographer > [noun] > physical geographer > chorographer chorographer1610 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. To Rdr. sig. 5v Christopher Saxton, and John Norden most skilfull Chorographers. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 45 Cyprian Echouius a Spanish Corographer. a1635 R. Corbet Iter Boreale in Certain Elegant Poems (1647) 3 To Camdens eye, Englands chorographer. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. i. 2 The others should..be termed Topographers or Chorographers;..it being the Business of the latter chiefly to describe Countries and Cities. View more context for this quotation 1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana 35 The Chorographer of East Kent, Dr. Christopher Packe. 1816 Monthly Rev. 80 50 The bridges in our roads also are commonly so narrow, etc. Wherever such public nuisances exist, the chorographer should denounce them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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