Noun
One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector.
One who views and examines for the purpose of ascertaining the condition, quantity, or quality of anything; as, a surveyor of highways, ordnance, etc.
One who surveys or measures land; one who practices the art of surveying.
An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger.
In the United States, an officer whose duties include the various measures to be taken for ascertaining the quantity, condition, and value of merchandise brought into a port.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBel Air, I am convinced, was laid out by some diabolic sadist who deliberately decided not to use a compass or a surveyor. Groucho Marx
I come from a line of railroad men. My great-grandfather was a surveyor for the Burlington Railroad. Bill Moseley
A surveyor doubled down on those claims, noting the sector was 'nowhere near as open as it pretend to be, there is a lot of hiding and backstabbing.' Source: Internet
As city surveyor, Robert Hooke oversaw the reconstruction of the City's houses. Source: Internet
By 1797, a young surveyor from Virginia named Lucas Sullivant had founded a permanent settlement on the west bank of the forks of the Scioto River and Olentangy River. Source: Internet
Christine's niece chartered surveyor Lehanne Sergison from Bickley, Kent, became infuriated by the lack of progress by the police team in South Africa or the British Foreign Office. Source: Internet