surveyor
noun
sur·vey·or
sər-ˈvā-ər 
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Vaux took on her family’s annual glacier measurements in 1911 and continued them on and off until 1922, after which her work was continued by surveyor Arthur O. Wheeler, who’d helped her with previous glacier surveys.
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Andrew Waugh, the surveyor general, named the peak for his former boss, Sir George Everest, and in 1865 the Royal Geographic Society adopted the title.
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Sarah Boon
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
Andrew Waugh, the surveyor general, named the peak for his former boss, Sir George Everest, and in 1865 the Royal Geographic Society adopted the title.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 8 May 2025
Public safety agencies, utility companies, and surveyors are among the early targets for SiFly's products, especially as many U.S. departments move away from Chinese drones over security concerns.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Javier Morejon, 34, works as a city surveyor for Miami Gardens.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
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surveyor
noun
sur·vey·or
sər-ˈvā-ər
: one that surveys
especially
: one whose occupation is surveying land
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