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inspecter

inspecter is the archaic form of inspector.

Meaning of inspector

Noun

inspector (plural inspectors)

  1. 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...2013 July 1, Peter Wilby, quoting Pasi Sahlberg, “Finland's education ambassador spreads the word”, in The Guardian, volume 189, number 6, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
  2. A police officer ranking below superintendent.
  3. 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;[…].2011, Adam McDaniel, HTML5, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 166

Synonyms of inspecter

Forms of inspecter

pluralinspecters

Origin of inspecter

From inspect + -er.

Questions about inspecter

What is inspecter the archaic form of?
Inspecter is the archaic form of inspector.

Words near inspecter in the dictionary

  1. inspectable
  2. inspected
  3. inspected the plumbing
  4. inspectee
  5. inspectees
  6. inspecter
  7. inspecters
  8. inspecting
  9. inspecting the plumbing
  10. inspectingly
  11. inspectings

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