chorographer
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χωρογράφος (khōrográphos, “describing countries”), from χώρα (khṓra), χῶρος (khôros, “region, country”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɒˈɹɒɡɹəfə/
Noun
chorographer (plural chorographers)
- Someone who describes a particular region or country.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):, New York, 2001, pp.107-8:
- A chorographer of ours […] gives no other reason but this, luxus omnia dissipavit, riot hath consumed all.
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