NOUN | person | Mercator, Gerardus Mercator, Gerhard Kremer | Flemish geographer who lived in Germany |
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Sounds | merkey'ter | |
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Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... |
Meaning | Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594). | |
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Synonyms | Gerardus Mercator, Gerhard Kremer | |
Instance of | geographer | An expert on geography |
Spanish | Gerardus Mercator, Gerhard Kremer, Mercator | |
Catalan | Gerardus Mercator, Gerhard Kremer, Mercator |
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