SURVEYOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surveyor mean? 

• SURVEYOR (noun)
  The noun SURVEYOR has 2 senses:

1. an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures

2. someone who conducts a statistical survey

  Familiarity information: SURVEYOR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SURVEYOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("surveyor" is a kind of...):

applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "surveyor"):

lineman (the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole)

locater; locator (a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims)

Derivation:

survey (plot a map of (land))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who conducts a statistical survey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("surveyor" is a kind of...):

actuary; statistician (someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums))

Derivation:

survey (make a survey of; for statistical purposes)

 Context examples 

I expect my surveyor from Brockham with his report in the morning; and afterwards I cannot in decency fail attending the club.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Give me joy: I have got rid of Sir Walter and Miss. They are gone back to Kellynch, and almost made me swear to visit them this summer; but my first visit to Kellynch will be with a surveyor, to tell me how to bring it with best advantage to the hammer.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)