Surveyor

Definition:

  • (n.) One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector.
  • (n.) One who views and examines for the purpose of ascertaining the condition, quantity, or quality of anything; as, a surveyor of highways, ordnance, etc.
  • (n.) One who surveys or measures land; one who practices the art of surveying.
  • (n.) An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger.
  • (n.) In the United States, an officer whose duties include the various measures to be taken for ascertaining the quantity, condition, and value of merchandise brought into a port.

Compare surveyor with other words:

purveyor vs. surveyor

surveyor vs. survivor

auditor vs. surveyor

outkeeper vs. surveyor

inspector vs. surveyor

geographer vs. surveyor

surveyor vs. theodolite

prospector vs. surveyor

fanion vs. surveyor

surveying vs. surveyor

supervisor vs. surveyor

survey vs. surveyor

heliotrope vs. surveyor

odometer vs. surveyor

pundit vs. surveyor

surveyor vs. thence