Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ethnographer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: ethno-g-ra-pher
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who practices ethnography.

Example Sentences

"First, some ethnographers would argue that reconceptualizing groupness is necessary to better understand sharedness as a quality of group communication."
"The second stage in the process by which African cultural realities are often mistransformed through mistranslation by ethnographers is associated with the urgent demand for 'theories' to assist the ethnographer in organising his field data and in presenting the conclusions derived from the data."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Hellenic *séswōtʰa Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Ancient Greek -νος (-nos) ? Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos)der. English ethno- English -grapher English ethnographer From ethno- + -grapher.

Inflected Forms

ethnographers (plural)

Derived Forms

autoethnographer cyberethnographer

Frequently Paired Words

ethnographic ethnographical ethnographically ethnography

Questions

What does ethnographer mean?: One who practices ethnography.
Where does ethnographer come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Hellenic *séswōtʰa Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Ancient Greek -νος (-nos) ? Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos)der. English ethno- English -grapher English ethnographer From ethno- + -grapher.

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