SURVEYOR
NOUNS, PERSON
1470 ► VEIGHOR a veyor, one appointed to view or inspect a thing; one who surveys → obs.
1541 ► GENERAL SURVEYOR a principal or head surveyor; one who has the control of a body of surveyors, or the general oversight of some business → obs.
1582 ► LAND-METER a land-measurer or surveyor → obs.
1583 ► GEOMETRICIAN one who measures the earth or land; a land-surveyor → obs.
1610 ► WADDER in land surveying: one who is engaged in determining a ‘wad’ or line of direction → obs.
1650 ► GEODETIAN one who measures land; a land-surveyor
1664 ► ARPENTATOR a measurer or surveyor of land → obs.
1714 ► LAND-METSTER a land-measurer, a surveyor → Sc.
1717 ► EADILE the surveyor of the buildings of Rome (Bk.)
1726 ► LAND-METTER a land-measurer, a surveyor → Sc.
1773 ► GEOMETER a person who measures land or the earth; a surveyor → chiefly US
1825 ► RACKLER a nickname for a land surveyor → Sc.
1840 ► SCALER one who uses a scale in surveying
1900 ► TAPE-MAN in surveying, each of the two men who measure with the tape-line
1950 ► LAND DOCTOR an engineer or surveyor → Amer. dial.
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