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mapmaker

[map-mey-ker] / ˈmæpˌmeɪ kər /
NOUN
cartographer
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In Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, an Irish mapmaker and his family endure poverty and take strength from a connection to the mystic past.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

He saw the mapmaker get tripped up by his own alleged cover story, and he ruled accordingly.

From Slate Dec. 5, 2025

But the mapmaker is still deciding which things to show and which things not to show.

From BBC Nov. 25, 2023

The mapmaker was something of a Renaissance man — relatives said he pursued photography, worked as a chauffeur and served as an executive with the Screen Extras Guild, then a union for background actors.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2023

The mapmaker genes activate and silence genes that make organs and structures.*

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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