sezioniere

Sezioniere is an obscure Italian term that designates an official or worker responsible for delineating or managing sections within a larger entity, particularly in land administration and urban planning. The form appears to derive from sezione 'section' with the agentive suffix -ere, and it is mainly attested in historical documents from the early modern period into the 19th century.

In cadastral surveys, a sezioniere would oversee the partition of land into parcels, drawing boundaries, assigning section numbers, and organizing records in property registers. The role could involve producing sectional or parcel maps and ensuring that divisions were recorded consistently in cadastre archives. In some architectural or civil-engineering contexts, the term may also refer to someone who prepares sectional drawings or plans that depict slices through terrain, buildings, or other structures.

Today the word is rarely used in standard Italian. Contemporary terminology for related activities typically refers to roles such as geometra (surveyor), ufficiale catastale, or other more specific titles like partitore or partitore, depending on the context. The noun sezioniere is largely considered historical or dialectal and is not part of common modern usage.

See also: Sezione; Catasto; Cartografia; Suddivisione (Subdivision). References to sezioniere may be found in older Italian administrative or cadastral texts and glossaries, where the term is described as an archaic label for a subdivision official or technician.