aerographern.
/ɛːˈrɒɡrəfə/, U.S. /ɛˈrɑɡrəfər/ A person who studies the atmosphere or observes and records atmospheric phenomena; a descriptive meteorologist. Cf. aerologist n.Now chiefly in United States naval use.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > one who studies or is skilled in meteorology
meteorologer1555
meteorologician1580
meteorologian1583
meteorologist1638
weatherling1656
aerologist1847
aerographer1849
skygazer1860
weather-lorist1905
Met1943
1849 G. J. Adler Dict. German & Eng. Langs. i. 385/3 [Luft]beschreiber, a meteorologist; an aerographer, a writer on meteorology.
1889 Cent. Dict. Aërographer, one who describes the atmosphere.
1916 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 6 129 The work of two aërographers, Teisserene de Bort and A. Lawrence Rotch, [is] referred to.
1945 Jane's Fighting Ships 1943–4 432/1 (caption) Aerographer [in U.S. Navy].
1960 Science 9 Sept. 660/3 The men lost..were identified as..A. L. Dergach, meteorologist; I. A. Popov, aerologist; A. L. Belilikov, aerographer; [etc.].
2007 U.S. Fed. News (Nexis) 28 Feb. The 10 aerographer's mates who make up meteorology (OA) division of Bataan's Operations Department do more than predict rain. They provide a forecast for every ship in the ESG with information on sky coverage, current weather, visibility, winds and sea state.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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