Also charto-. [f. F. carte card, chart, or L. charta, carta (a. Gr. χάρτη, χάρτης), leaf of paper + Gr. γράφ-ος writer + -ER1; cf. geographer. The ch- spelling is in accordance with the ultimate etymology (the Gr. would be *χαρτογράφος); but the other is commoner, and perh. preferred, as not suggesting the pronunciation of ch- in chart.]
One who makes or compiles charts or maps.
1863. Reader, 12 Dec., 705/3. Each cartographer only delineated one lake.
1880. Haughton, Phys. Geog., vi. 308. The speculations of chartographers.
1885. Athenæum, 29 Aug., 274/2. No cartographer since the 15th century had ventured to indicate it.
