"surveyor" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-surveyor.wav Forms: surveyors [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English surveyour, from Anglo-Norman surveour, from Old French sorveor. By surface analysis, survey + -or. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|surveyour}} Middle English surveyour, {{der|en|xno|surveour}} Anglo-Norman surveour, {{der|en|fro|sorveor}} Old French sorveor, {{surf|en|survey|-or}} By surface analysis, survey + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} surveyor (plural surveyors)
  1. A person occupied with surveying: the process of determining positions on the earth's surface. Translations (person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface): землеме́р (zemlemér) [masculine] (Bulgarian), топограф (topograf) (Bulgarian), agrimensor [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 測量員 (Chinese Mandarin), 测量员 (cèliángyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), zeměměřič [masculine] (Czech), maanmittari (Finnish), arpenteur [masculine] (French), arpenteuse [feminine] (French), géomètre (French), agrimensor [masculine] (Galician), Vermesser [masculine] (German), Vermesserin [feminine] (German), földmérő (Hungarian), geodéta (Hungarian), suirbhéir [masculine] (Irish), geometra [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 測量家 (sokuryou-ka) (alt: そくりょうか) (Japanese), fīnītor [masculine] (Latin), agrimensor [masculine] (Latin), kairūri (Maori), kairūri whenua (Maori), kaiwea (Maori), arpenteux [masculine] (Norman), Launtmäta [masculine] (Plautdietsch), Launtutmäta [masculine] (Plautdietsch), geodeta [masculine] (Polish), agrimensor [masculine] (Portuguese), arpentor [masculine] (Romanian), agrimensor [masculine] (Romanian), topometrist [masculine] (Romanian), топо́граф (topógraf) [masculine] (Russian), геодези́ст (geodɛzíst) [masculine] (Russian), геодези́стка (geodɛzístka) [feminine] (Russian), землеме́р (zemlemér) [masculine] (Russian), agrimensor [masculine] (Spanish), lantmätare [common-gender] (Swedish), syrfëwr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-surveyor-en-noun-R2hiE3B- Categories (other): Terms with Norman translations Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 28 35 37 Disambiguation of "person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface": 69 6 25
  2. One who carries out a survey or poll. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-surveyor-en-noun-~BI~CnVG Disambiguation of People: 2 80 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 67 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 12 53 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 77 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 79 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 87 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 51 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 8 51 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 51 41 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 73 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 8 51 41 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 67 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 48 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 75 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 75 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 9 75 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 8 51 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 28 35 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 4 71 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 9 52 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 8 51 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 75 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 78 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 51 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 11 73 17
  3. (UK) A person charged with inspecting something for the purpose of determining its condition, value, etc. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-surveyor-en-noun-DJk7r9ld Categories (other): British English, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 8 51 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 25 32 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 25 32 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 48 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 7 38 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 28 35 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 33 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: surveyour [obsolete] Derived forms: land surveyor, quantity surveyor, surveyor general, surveyorship, tide surveyor Translations (person inspecting something): инспектор (inspektor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tarkastaja (Finnish), Gutachter [masculine] (German), felügyelő (Hungarian), ellenőr (Hungarian), perito [masculine] (Italian), consulente [masculine] (Italian), tasador [masculine] (Spanish), perito [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'person inspecting something': 40 10 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "arpenteuse"
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      "sense": "person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface",
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      "word": "agrimensor"
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      "sense": "person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface",
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      "sense": "person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "geodeta"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agrimensor"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "arpentor"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface",
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      "word": "agrimensor"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "topometrist"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "topógraf",
      "sense": "person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface",
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      "roman": "geodɛzíst",
      "sense": "person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface",
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      "word": "геодези́ст"
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      "roman": "geodɛzístka",
      "sense": "person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "геодези́стка"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zemlemér",
      "sense": "person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "землеме́р"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface",
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      "word": "agrimensor"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface",
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      "word": "lantmätare"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface",
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      "word": "syrfëwr"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "inspektor",
      "sense": "person inspecting something",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person inspecting something",
      "word": "tarkastaja"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person inspecting something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Gutachter"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "felügyelő"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person inspecting something",
      "word": "ellenőr"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "person inspecting something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "perito"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person inspecting something",
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      "word": "consulente"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person inspecting something",
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