-grapher suffix.
[grǝfǝ][from or after Greek graphos writer + -ER1.]Forming nouns (usu. corresp. to nouns in
-GRAPH,
-GRAPHY) with the sense 'a person skilled in a style or method of writing, drawing, etc.', as
calligrapher,
stenographer, etc.; with the sense 'a person who writes (about) (something denoted by the first element)', as
hagiographer,
historiographer; with the sense 'a person skilled in a particular descriptive science or the use of a recording instrument' as
bibliographer,
geographer,
radiographer, etc.
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