inspector
nounOne who is appointed or employed to inspect something.
nounA police officer ranking next below superintendent.
nounOne who inspects or oversees; one whose duty it is to secure by supervision the proper performance of work of any kind, or to ascertain by examination the quality or condition of the work, or of any article offered for sale or transfer; a public officer charged with such duties: as, the inspectors of election or of police; an inspector of weights and measures. Specifically
nounAn initiate in the mysteries of Eleusis; an epopt or seer.
nounOne 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.
nounA police officer, typically holding a rank one below superintendent, and in some cases in charge of several precincts.
nouna 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.
nouna person employed to
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a high ranking police officer