surveyor

noun

sur·​vey·​or sər-ˈvā-ər How to pronounce surveyor (audio)
: one that surveys
especially : one whose occupation is surveying land

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Since the security camera brand launched 11 years ago, its video doorbells and cams have become vigilant, constant surveyors of patios, porches, and vestibules everywhere. Lauren Goode, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024 All the while chain curtains evoke the surveyor tools Banneker would have used to map out the city. Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2024 Thoreau worked as a surveyor after the book’s publication, and his surveying map of the Concord River, displayed alongside his walking stick and the Walden manuscript, shows that his observations of nature were practical as well as poetic. Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024 After high school, Tucker worked as a surveyor on the Queensgate railroad before joining his parents at Tucker’s. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for surveyor 

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First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of surveyor was in the 15th century

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“Surveyor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surveyor. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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surveyor

noun
sur·​vey·​or sər-ˈvā-ər How to pronounce surveyor (audio)
: one that surveys
especially : one whose occupation is surveying land

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