'Inspector' definitions:
Definition of 'inspector'
(from WordNet)
noun
A high ranking police officer
noun
An investigator who observes carefully; "the examiner searched for clues" [syn: examiner, inspector]
Definition of 'Inspector'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'inspector'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- auditor,
- bailiff,
- beadle,
- beagle,
- Big Brother,
- 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,
- G-man,
- gaffer,
- ganger,
- gendarme,
- government man,
- head,
- headman,
- investigator,
- lictor,
- lieutenant,
- mace-bearer,
- marshal,
- monitor,
- mounted policeman,
- MP,
- 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