surveyor
noun
a person whose occupation is surveying.
surveyorship
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a word derived from
surveyor.
Example Sentences
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The point of attack was the Salem Post Office, but this proved impracticable, and attention was turned to the Custom House, where either the surveyorship or the naval office might be got.
From Nathaniel Hawthorne by George Edward Woodberry
It was resolved to create another office, until then unknown in America, called a surveyorship.
From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Sir William Smith
As for the surveyorship, the gift of that is with Plumptre.
From Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories by Edward E. Hale
Who has ever heard of a Government which binds itself to give the surveyorship of a new country to one man only?
From A Century of Wrong by F. W. Reitz
John attained to the command of the regiment of his county, to its surveyorship, and to the presiding chair of its magistracy; stations then never conferred but upon leading men in the community.
From Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches by Various
