surveyour
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
surveyour (plural surveyours)
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- surveȝour, surveier, surveior, surveiour, surveour, surveyer, surveyor, surveyur, surviour, survyour, survyowre
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman surveour; equivalent to surveyen + -our.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
surveyour (plural surveyours) (chiefly Late Middle English)
- An overseer, superintendent, or supervisor:
- A household official who manages and organises meals.
- (law) One who oversees the executors of a will.
- One who manages and enforces the regulations of a guild or university.
- A government officer or supervisor, especially of customs.
Descendants[edit]
- English: surveyor
References[edit]
- “surveiǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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