Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Inspector"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inspector \In*spect"or\, n. [L.: cf. F. inspecteur.]
One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the
supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an
official view or examination, as a military or civil officer;
a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer.
{Inspector general} (Mil.), a staff officer of an army, whose
duties are those of inspection, and embrace everything
relative to organization, recruiting, discharge,
administration, accountability for money and property,
instruction, police, and discipline.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inspector
n 1: a high ranking police officer
2: an investigator who observes carefully; "the examiner
searched for clues" [syn: {examiner}]
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