inspector

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person employed to inspect something.

   Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]. There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms.[…].

2. 2
   noun

   A software tool used to examine something.

   Google Chrome has a built-in development tool called the Chrome Inspector. You can use it to examine the HTML elements in a web page; review what resources — or files, cookies, and databases — are active; follow network activity;[…].

3. 3
   noun

   an investigator who observes carefully

4. 4
   noun

   a high ranking police officer

5. 5
   noun

   A police officer ranking below superintendent.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnspector, from īnspiciō, equivalent to inspect + -or.