inspector

inspector
noun Date: 1602 1. a person employed to inspect something 2. a. a police officer who is in charge of usually several precincts and ranks below a superintendent or deputy superintendent b. a person appointed to oversee a polling place • inspectorship noun

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  • inspector — INSPÉCTOR, OÁRE, inspectori, oare, s.m. şi f. Persoană împuternicită să inspecteze, să controleze activitatea unei persoane, unei instituţii etc. – Din rus. inspector. cf. lat. i n s p e c t o r, fr. i n s p e c t e u r. Trimis de valeriu,… …   Dicționar Român

  • inspector — inspector, ra sustantivo masculino,f. 1. Persona que tiene por oficio controlar lo que otros hacen para que se cumplan ciertas normas: inspector de aduanas, inspector de hacienda, inspector de enseñanza. Locuciones 1. inspector de policía Cargo o …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • inspector — inspector, ra (Del lat. inspector, ōris). 1. adj. Que reconoce y examina algo. U. t. c. s.) 2. m. y f. Empleado público o particular que tiene a su cargo la inspección y vigilancia del ramo a que pertenece y del cual toma título especial el… …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • Inspector — In*spect or, n. [L.: cf. F. inspecteur.] 1. One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a supervisor; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • inspector — in·spec·tor n 1: a person employed or authorized to inspect something 2: a police officer in charge of a number of precincts and ranking below a superintendent or deputy superintendent Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • inspector — c.1600, overseer, superintendent, from L. inspector, agent noun from pp. stem of inspicere (see INSPECTION (Cf. inspection)). As a police ranking between sergeant and superintendent, it dates from 1840. Related: Inspectorial. Of the 18c. feminine …   Etymology dictionary

  • inspector — ► NOUN 1) an official who ensures that regulations are obeyed. 2) a police officer ranking below a chief inspector. DERIVATIVES inspectorate noun inspectorial adjective inspectorship noun …   English terms dictionary

  • inspector — Individual(s) appointed to authorize and direct Trustees in the administration of estates, pursuant to the Bankruptcy and insolvency Act (Ontario Bankruptcy Dictionary) A person appointed by creditors at the first or subsequent meeting of… …   Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • INSPECTOR — Hebr. Gap desc: Hebrew a libro inspiciendo dictus est, qui euram habebat lectionis Legis, ut illa in Synagogis accurate perageretur; adeoqueve adstabat Lectori, librumque insprciendo, si forte male legisset, eum monebat Graece Ε᾿πίσκοπον diecas,… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • inspector — inspector, ra sustantivo revisor, visitador, controlador. Revisor se utiliza cuando se trata de transportes públicos. * * * Sinónimos: ■ vigilante, revisor, interventor, controlador, comproba …   Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos

  • inspector — |ètô| s. m. 1. Encarregado de inspecionar alguma coisa. • adj. 2. Que inspeciona.   ♦ [Portugal] Grafia de inspetor antes do Acordo Ortográfico de 1990.   ♦ Grafia no Brasil: inspetor …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

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