Meanings
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1
noun
A person whose job is to officially check that something is correct or meets standards.
The ticket inspector asked to see our passes.
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2
noun
A police officer of fairly high rank.
The inspector questioned the witnesses about the robbery.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
noun
· a person whose job is to...
examiner
Word family
Forms
inspectors
Derived forms
inspectorateinspectorshipinspectresssubinspectorticket-inspector
Common collocations
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnspector, from īnspiciō, equivalent to inspect + -or.