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surveyor
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
surveyor
(noun)
quantity surveyor
(noun)
surveyor
/sɚ
ˈ
vejɚ/
noun
plural
surveyors
surveyor
/sɚ
ˈ
vejɚ/
noun
plural
surveyors
Britannica Dictionary definition of SURVEYOR
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1
:
someone whose job is to measure and examine an area of land
a land
surveyor
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British
:
someone whose job is to examine buildings
Surveyors
[=(
US
)
inspectors
] condemned the building.
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