A surveyor is a person whose job is to survey land.
...the surveyor's maps of the Queen Alexandra Range.
2. countable noun
A surveyor is a person whose job is to survey buildings.
[British]
Our surveyor warned us that the house needed totally rebuilding.
regional note: in AM, use structural engineer, inspector
3. See also quantity surveyor
surveyor in British English
(sɜːˈveɪə)
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
Derived forms
surveyorship (surˈveyorˌship)
noun
surveyor in American English
(sərˈveɪər)
noun
a person who surveys, esp. one whose work is surveying land
Word origin
ME surveior < OFr surveour
Examples of 'surveyor' in a sentence
surveyor
Make sure you take a surveyor and architect around before the sale.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He sacrificed a safe career as a chartered surveyor to train horses.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Surveyors say that one area of particular focus has been on property values with many more valuations being challenged.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Experts say the building surveyor is stuck with the scar for life and a skin graft would not help.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It paid for a report from a chartered surveyor who concluded that the cracks were not caused by subsidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We have employed architects and surveyors.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Visit the property you are considering buying, preferably with an architect or surveyor.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Some will be working as surveyors, architects and engineers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Project managers, quantity surveyors and architects are following close behind.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
When he was 16 he was turned down for a job as a surveyor with the coal board.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They may need to call in a structural surveyor by the time she finishes a residency that comes close to blowing the roof off.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Chances are the person you ask will be a chartered surveyor, and therefore in no position to help.
The Sun (2008)
Is it a quantity surveyor?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
My father was second-generation chartered surveyor.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
You will need specialist help Architects and surveyors with experience of historic buildings are likely to have a good relationship with local planning officials.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I would suggest that before anyone parts with money that the land be the subject of an independent valuation by a chartered surveyor.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Britain's only publicly listed quantity surveyor has launched a second investigation into bribery allegations after new evidence emerged of alleged deception by a former employee.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He then returned to New Zealand and his peacetime job as a civil engineer and land surveyor.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This can be enforced through the courts, but they almost certainly will need a report from a chartered surveyor or structural engineer that identifies the risks.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Although he was employed as a chartered surveyor after leaving school, he climbed in the Alps regularly in the prewar years.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
When the war was over, I became a chartered surveyor and settled down to normality.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He is now a chartered surveyor; I am a chemistry teacher.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
You will then need to employ a builder to put these plans into action, ideally under the eye of your engineer, surveyor or architect.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
surveyor
British English: surveyor /sɜːˈveɪə/ NOUN
A surveyor is a person whose job is to inspect land or buildings.
...the surveyor's maps.
American English: surveyor
Arabic: مَاسِحُ الأَرَاضي
Brazilian Portuguese: inspetor
Chinese: 测量师
Croatian: geodet
Czech: zeměměřič
Danish: landmåler
Dutch: landmeter
European Spanish: perito
Finnish: maanmittausinsinööri
French: arpenteur
German: Landvermesser
Greek: τοπογράφος
Italian: perito
Japanese: 鑑定士
Korean: 감정인
Norwegian: kontrollør
Polish: inspektor
European Portuguese: inspetor
Romanian: inspector funciar
Russian: инспектор
Latin American Spanish: perito
Swedish: besiktningsman
Thai: ผู้สำรวจ
Turkish: yapı kontrolörü
Ukrainian: топограф
Vietnamese: giám định viên
All related terms of 'surveyor'
road surveyor
a person who does surveying work for road building
marine surveyor
a person who carries out surveys of ships to determine seaworthiness, etc
chartered surveyor
(in Britain) a surveyor who is registered with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors as having the qualifications , training, and experience to satisfy their professional requirements
quantity surveyor
A quantity surveyor is a person who calculates the cost and amount of materials and workers needed for a job such as building a house or a road .
surveyor's chain
a measuring chain 22 yards in length ; Gunter's chain
surveyor's level
an instrument consisting of a revolving telescope mounted on a tripod and fitted with cross hairs and a spirit level, used by surveyors in finding points of identical elevation
surveyor's measure
the system of measurement based on the chain (66 feet ) as a unit