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101surveyor — /sɜˈveɪə/ (say ser vayuh) noun 1. someone whose business it is to survey land, etc. 2. an overseer or supervisor. 3. someone who inspects something officially for the purpose of ascertaining condition, value, etc. –surveyorship, noun …
102surveyor — Mea ana āina …
103surveyor — One who makes surveys, determines area of portion of earth s surface, length and direction of boundary lines, and contour of surface …
104surveyor — An officer in the customs service. 21 Am J2d Cust D §§ 64, 65. A person who engages in the occupation of measuring land surfaces, establishing land boundaries, etc. Doe v Jones, 327 Ill 387, 158 NE 703, 55 ALR 303 …
105surveyor — n. 1 a person who surveys land and buildings, esp. professionally. 2 Brit. an official inspector, esp. for measurement and valuation. 3 a person who carries out surveys. Derivatives: surveyorship n. (esp. in sense 2). Etymology: ME f. AF & OF… …
106surveyor'slevel — sur·vey·or s level (sər vāʹərz) n. pl. surveyors levels An instrument having a telescope and attached spirit level mounted on a tripod and rotating around a vertical axis. * * * …
107surveyor's chain. — See under chain (def. 8a). * * * …
108surveyor's level — level (def. 9a). * * * ▪ instrument instrument used in surveying to measure the height of distant points in relation to a bench mark (a point for which the height above sea level is accurately known). It consists of a telescope fitted with… …
109surveyor's chain — ▪ instrument also called Gunter s chain measuring device and arbitrary measurement unit still widely used for surveying in English speaking countries. Invented by the English mathematician Edmund Gunter (Gunter, Edmund) in the early 17th… …
110surveyor general — /sɜˌveɪə ˈdʒɛnrəl/ (say ser.vayuh jenruhl) noun an officer employed by the Lands Department to supervise all survey work and mapping within a state …
