surveyour
English
Noun
surveyour (plural surveyours)
- Obsolete form of surveyor.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- surveȝour, surveier, surveior, surveiour, surveour, surveyer, surveyor, surveyur, surviour, survyour, survyowre
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman surveour; equivalent to surveyen + -our.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /survæi̯ˈuːr/, /ˈsurvæi̯ur/, /ˈsurviur/
Noun
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
- English: surveyor
References
- “surveiǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.