Surveyor

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Surveyor \Sur*vey"or\, n.
     1. One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an
        inspector.
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              Were 't not madness then,


              To make the fox surveyor of the fold? --Shak.
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     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.
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     3. One who surveys or measures land; one who practices the
        art of surveying.
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     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.
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     {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}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  surveyor
       n 1: an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of
            land or structures
       2: someone who conducts a statistical survey

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "surveyor":
     Big Brother, appraiser, assayer, assessor, auditor, boatswain,
     boss, cartographer, chief, chorographer, comptroller, controller,
     estimator, evaluator, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker,
     foreman, gaffer, ganger, gauger, geodesist, head, headman,
     inspector, land surveyor, measurer, meter, monitor,
     noncommissioned officer, oceanographer, overman, overseer, proctor,
     sirdar, slave driver, straw boss, subforeman, super,
     superintendent, supervisor, taskmaster, topographer, valuator,
     valuer, visitor
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Surveyor, WV
    Zip code(s): 25932