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Surveyor

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Noun

1. surveyor

an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures

2. surveyor

someone who conducts a statistical survey

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Surveyor

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noun
1. 
a person whose occupation is to survey land or buildings
See also quantity surveyor
2. mainly British
a person concerned with the official inspection of something for purposes of measurement and valuation
3. 
a person who carries out surveys, esp of ships (marine surveyor) to determine seaworthiness, etc
4. 
a customs official
5. archaic
a supervisor

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Surveyor

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noun
a person who surveys, esp. one whose work is surveying land

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Surveyor

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v. sur·veyed, sur·vey·ing, sur·veys
v.tr.
1.
a. To look over the parts, features, or contents of; view broadly: surveyed the neighborhood from a rooftop; surveyed the shelves in the pantry.
b. To look at or examine carefully and appraise: surveyed the storm damage. See Synonyms at see1.
2. To determine the boundaries, area, or elevations of (land or structures on the earth's surface) by means of measuring angles and distances, using the techniques of geometry and trigonometry.
3. Chiefly British To inspect and determine the structural condition of (a building).
4. To conduct a statistical survey on: surveyed the students for music preferences.
v.intr.
To make a survey.
n. (sûrvā′)pl. sur·veys
1.
a. A general or comprehensive view: a survey of the battlefield.
b. A careful inspection or appraisal: doing a survey of the literature on the subject.
2. A gathering of a sample of data or opinions considered to be representative of a whole.
3.
a. The act or process of surveying a part of the earth's surface.
b. A map of what has been surveyed.
c. An administrative agency charged with the responsibility of surveying: the US Geological Survey.
4. A document reporting the results of a survey.

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