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surveyor


noun – One who surveys or views.

noun – An overseer; a superintendent.

noun – A household officer; a supervisor of the other servants.

noun – One who views and examines something for the purpose of ascertaining its condition, quantity, or quality: as, a surveyor of roads and bridges; a surveyor of weights and measures.

noun – One who measures land, or practises the art of surveying.

noun – An officer of the British navy whose duty it is to supervise the building and repairing of ships for the navy.

noun – A common name in Australia for a fish, Serranus geometricus.

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