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inspectioneers

inspectioneers is the plural of inspectioneer.

Meaning of inspectioneer

Noun (1)

inspectioneer (plural inspectioneers)

  1. (nonstandard) One who carries out an inspection; an inspector.
    • Javert was the very incarnation of devotion to duty, fictionally, but he was an unstable character compared to some of our inspectioneers in government.1946, United States. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates..., page 10654

Noun (2)

inspectioneer (plural inspectioneers)

  1. Synonym of specksioneer (“chief harpooner”).
    • He said that all the ship's provisions and stores would be locked up, and the keys given to the inspectioneer […]1922, Charles Edward Smith, From the Deep of the Sea, page 55
    Synonyms:
    specksioneer

Questions about inspectioneers

What is inspectioneers the plural of?
Inspectioneers is the plural of inspectioneer.

Words near inspectioneers in the dictionary

  1. inspection
  2. inspection pit
  3. inspection pits
  4. inspectional
  5. inspectioneer
  6. inspectioneers
  7. inspectionism
  8. inspectionist
  9. inspectionists
  10. inspections
  11. inspective

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