inspector
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Inspector \In*spect"or\, n. [L.: cf. F. inspecteur.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A police officer, typically holding a rank one below
superintendent, and in some cases in charge of several
precincts; as, inspector Clousseau is investigating the
case.
[PJC]
{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.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "inspector":
Big Brother, G-man, MP, auditor, bailiff, beadle, beagle,
boatswain, boss, bound bailiff, captain, catchpole, chief,
chief of police, commissioner, comptroller, constable, controller,
deputy, deputy sheriff, detective, examinant, examiner, fed,
federal, flic, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker, foreman,
gaffer, ganger, gendarme, government man, head, headman,
investigator, lictor, lieutenant, mace-bearer, marshal, monitor,
mounted policeman, narc, noncommissioned officer, observer,
officer, overman, overseer, patrolman, peace officer,
police captain, police commissioner, police constable,
police inspector, police matron, police officer, police sergeant,
policeman, policewoman, portreeve, proctor, reeve, roundsman,
scrutineer, sergeant, sergeant at arms, sheriff, sirdar,
slave driver, straw boss, subforeman, super, superintendent,
supervisor, surveyor, taskmaster, tester, tipstaff, tipstaves,
trooper, visitator, visitor
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