— surveyorship , n.
/seuhr vay"euhr/ , n.
1. a person whose occupation is surveying.
2. an overseer or supervisor.
3. Chiefly Brit. a person who inspects something officially for the purpose of ascertaining condition, value, etc.
4. (formerly) a U.S. customs official responsible for ascertaining the quantity and value of imported merchandise.
5. ( cap. ) U.S. Aerospace. one of a series of space probes (1966-68) that analyzed lunar soil and obtained other scientific information after soft-landing on the moon.
[ 1375-1425; late ME surveio ( u ) r surveiour; MF surve ( i ) our, equiv. to surve ( i )- (see SURVEY) + -our -OR 2 ]