surveyor

UK/səːˈveɪ.ə/US/sɚˈveɪ̯.ɚ/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,401 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: surveyors

A surveyor is the person who measures land or inspects buildings. A chartered surveyor, the surveyor's report, hire a surveyor.

Two quite different jobs share the name: one measures land and sets out boundaries, and the other inspects a house before you buy it. Paying for a proper survey rather than the lender's cheap valuation is the standard advice, and it is good advice.

Definitions of surveyor

1nounsurveyorThe person who measures land or inspects buildings.B2+
“Before buying the house, we paid a surveyor to check it for damp.”

surveyor is a professional.

Where it comes from

Anglo-Norman surveour comes from Old French sorveoir, to oversee — sur, over, plus veoir, to see.

Old French
sorveor
Anglo-Norman
surveour
Middle English
surveyour
English, today
surveyor

From Middle English surveyour, from Anglo-Norman surveour, from Old French sorveor. by surface analysis, survey + -or.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Jobs & Professions

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surveyor in the wild

A professional in land surveying is called a land surveyor.
Surveying
In the construction industry, a quantity surveyor (QS) is a professional with expert knowledge of construction costs and contracting.
Quantity surveyor
In some countries, including Canada, South Africa, Kenya and Mauritius, qualified quantity surveyors are known as Professional Quantity Surveyors, a title protected by law.
Quantity surveyor
A county surveyor is a public official in the United Kingdom and the United States.
County surveyor
County surveyors also existed in Ireland between 1834 and 1944.
County surveyor

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

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