surveyor

sur|vey|or /rv'eɪər/ (surveyors)
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A surveyor is a person whose job is to survey land.
...the surveyor's maps of the Queen Alexandra Range.
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A surveyor is a person whose job is to survey buildings. (BRIT; in AM, use structural engineer, inspector)
Our surveyor warned us that the house needed totally rebuilding.
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see also quantity surveyorquan|tity sur|vey|or (quantity surveyors)
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A quantity surveyor is a person who calculates the cost and amount of materials and workers needed for a job such as building a house or a road. (BRIT)