surveyor general

noun

plural surveyors general or surveyor generals

: a principal or superintending surveyor: such as

a

: an official having general oversight (as over an area, department, or function)

surveyor general of army purchases during World War I

surveyor general of the king's manors

b

: a U.S. government official in charge of the survey of public lands in a particular area (such as a state)

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