surveyor

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures
  2. noun someone who conducts a statistical survey

Etymology

From Middle English surveyour, from Anglo-Norman surveour, from Old French sorveor. By surface analysis, survey + -or.

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