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inspectors

inspectors is the plural 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

Phrases with inspectors

Questions about inspectors

What is inspectors the plural of?
Inspectors is the plural of inspector.

Words near inspectors in the dictionary

  1. Inspector Knackers
  2. inspectoral
  3. inspectorate
  4. inspectorates
  5. inspectorial
  6. inspectors
  7. inspectors general
  8. inspectorship
  9. inspectorships
  10. inspectoscope
  11. inspectoscopes

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