land-surveyorn.
/ˈlan(d)səˌveɪə/, U.S. /ˈlæn(d)sərˌveɪər/ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > one who superintends landing of goods > superintendent of
land-surveyor1755
landing-surveyor1812
1755 J. Chamberlayne Present State Great Brit. ii. iii. 58 Port of Leith..William Towrie..Land-Surveyor.
1776 Addit. to Pope I. 2 (note) When George I. made him [Rowe] one of the land surveyors of the port of London.
2. One whose professional occupation is to measure land, draw up plans of estates, and the like.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveyor
geometrian?c1400
geometrician?1537
surveyor1551
land-meter1582
land-measurer1632
measurer1636
geodesian1650
geometrist1772
geometer1773
arpenteur1789
land-surveyor1792
fieldman1838
1792 B. Marston in N.E. Hist. & Gen. Register (1873) XXVII. 399 I am engaged to go out with a large Company who are going to make a Settlement on the Iland Bulam..as their Land Surveyor General.
a1815 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 443 Mr. Wakefield, the land-surveyor, was at Cuffnells.
1853 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. ii. (1873) vii. 54 The triangle in question is always what a land surveyor would call a favourable one for calculation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1755