surveyor
noun
sur·vey·or
sər-ˈvā-ər 
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That summer, surveys of each county were conducted by Lord Deputy Sir Arthur Chichester, who employed surveyors to identify the acreage of land available in each county.
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Also suggesting surveyors could wear something like hunter orange.
—Dennis Valera, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
Gilberston, a surveyor who is also attempting to become the first person to ascend the highest peak in every country on Earth, recently published data that suggested the Colorado peak Crestone Peak was actually shorter than its nearby sub-peak, East Crestone.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 12 Nov. 2025
One of the township's first land surveyors, Luther Guiteau, moved to Port Ulao with his wife and six children (including Charles, then age 7) in 1850.
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Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025
Also suggesting surveyors could wear something like hunter orange.
—Dennis Valera, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
Gilberston, a surveyor who is also attempting to become the first person to ascend the highest peak in every country on Earth, recently published data that suggested the Colorado peak Crestone Peak was actually shorter than its nearby sub-peak, East Crestone.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 12 Nov. 2025
One of the township's first land surveyors, Luther Guiteau, moved to Port Ulao with his wife and six children (including Charles, then age 7) in 1850.
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Surveyor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surveyor. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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surveyor
noun
sur·vey·or
sər-ˈvā-ər
: one that surveys
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: one whose occupation is surveying land
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