especially: one whose occupation is surveying land
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebFees for a notary and property surveyor (if necessary) are paid by the buyer.New York Times, 20 July 2022 On the academic side, Alice, now a surveyor, set the bar high for both kids.cleveland, 31 Aug. 2022 Currently, nearly one in five gas stations is selling fuel for less than $4 per gallon, CNN reports, citing OPIS, a surveyor of gas station locations that computes price averages for AAA. Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE.com, 19 July 2022 But now, another highly-thought of surveyor of the Apple scene, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, has weighed in. David Phelan, Forbes, 13 May 2022 Deputies received a call about a naked man who tried to rob a surveyor at the county fairgrounds on Monday just before 10 a.m., according to a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office press release. Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2022 Every new map requires a surveyor to chart the territory. Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2022 The following year, another surveyor divided the township into 36, 1-square-mile sections. Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2022 The suspicious death of a marine surveyor illuminates flows of illicit money in the global economy. Ankush Khardori, The New Republic, 6 May 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing surveyor
quantity surveyor
quantity surveyor
Kids Definition
surveyor
noun
sur·vey·or sər-ˈvā-ər
: a person whose occupation is determining the size, shape, or boundaries of pieces of land