[1765–75; map + maker]This word is first recorded in the period 1765–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backwash, bilateral, bonus, guidance, statement
Examples of 'mapmaker' in a sentence
mapmaker
Trying to represent a curved surface on a two-dimensional one, the mapmaker is forced to make unacceptable compromises.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
As a mapmaker and as a tireless explorer under extremely unfavourable conditions, he was almost without peer.