Definition of "mapmaker" [mapmaker]

• A person who makes maps; a cartographer. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The mapmaker is my niece, so she knows where I am going with this."
• "There are also some really cool maps online – many with Virginia and local ties – by Jed Hotchkiss, who was a confederate mapmaker under Jackson and Lee."
• "Cook's considerable maritime achievements as a navigator and mapmaker."