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n.

1. One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector.

Were 't not madness then,
To make the fox surveyor of the fold?
Shak.

2. One who views and examines for the purpose of ascertaining the condition, quantity, or quality of anything; as, a surveyor of highways, ordnance, etc.

3. One who surveys or measures land; one who practices the art of surveying.

4. (Customs) (a) An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger. (b) 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. Abbot.

Surveyor general. (a) A principal surveyor; as, the surveyor general of the king's manors, or of woods and parks. [Eng.] (b) An officer having charge of the survey of the public lands of a land district. [U.S.] Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.). -- Surveyor's compass. See Circumferentor. -- Surveyor's level. See under Level.


 
 

One who prepares Surveys.

 

One who prepares Surveys.
Example: Prior to selling her property, Collins had to hire a surveyor to prepare a survey of the land.

 

n

An instrument used to determine the relative parallelism of two or more surfaces of teeth or other portions of a cast of the dental arch.

 

Any of a series of seven unmanned U.S. space probes sent to make soft landings on the Moon in 1966 – 68. Surveyor 2 crashed on the Moon, and radio contact with Surveyor 4 was lost minutes before landing, but the rest sent back thousands of photographs; some were equipped to sample and test lunar soil. Surveyor 6 made the first liftoff from an extraterrestrial body; Surveyor 7 landed in the lunar highlands and returned data showing that the landscape and soil there differ from those of lower areas. See also Luna; Pioneer; Ranger.

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Architecture: surveyor

One whose occupation is surveying, or who is otherwise skilled in the art.


 
 

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