Mercator mercator • mercatorial · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · Mercator · · Text Latin · · Script 8 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594). Synonyms: Gerardus Mercator, Gerhard Kremer. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · M latin capital letter m U+004D a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074