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Definition of "hydrographer" [hy•drog•ra•pher]

  • A scientist whose speciality is hydrography. (noun)

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Use "hydrographer" in a sentence
  • "Ken Stumpf, supervising hydrographer for the Santa Clara Valley Water District, monitored water levels and potential flood risks last week."
  • "A year later, he defended his dissertation and obtained a lectureship at Göteborg Högskola, torn between work in radioactivity and hydrography, a conflict his daughter Agnes Rodhe has described as a struggle between his father's wishes and his own interests. 105 His position as a lecturer paid so poorly that he had to work as an assistant hydrographer at his father's oceanographic station in Bornö to supplement his income."
  • "The Expedition owes great obligations to the Lords of the Admiralty for their unvarying readiness to render us every assistance in their power; and to the warm-hearted and ever-obliging hydrographer to the"