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English Dictionary: inspector by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inspector
n
  1. a high ranking police officer
  2. an investigator who observes carefully; "the examiner searched for clues"
    Synonym(s): examiner, 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.
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