sur·vey·or

sur·vey·or
/sɚˈvejɚ/ noun, pl -ors [count]
1 : someone whose job is to measure and examine an area of land

a land surveyor

2 Brit : someone whose job is to examine buildings

Surveyors [=(US) inspectors] condemned the building.

— see also quantity surveyor

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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