"detective inspector" meaning in All languages combined

See detective inspector on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: detective inspectors [plural]
Etymology: From detective (adjective) + inspector. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|detective|inspector|pos1=adjective}} detective (adjective) + inspector Head templates: {{en-noun}} detective inspector (plural detective inspectors)
  1. (UK, law enforcement) A police rank used in Commonwealth countries. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Law enforcement Synonyms: DI [abbreviation]
    Sense id: en-detective_inspector-en-noun-QIYbvyd2 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, law-enforcement

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for detective inspector meaning in All languages combined (1.5kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "detective",
        "3": "inspector",
        "pos1": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "detective (adjective) + inspector",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From detective (adjective) + inspector.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "detective inspectors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "detective inspector (plural detective inspectors)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law enforcement",
          "orig": "en:Law enforcement",
          "parents": [
            "Crime prevention",
            "Emergency services",
            "Law",
            "Crime",
            "Public safety",
            "Justice",
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Public administration",
            "Security",
            "All topics",
            "Government",
            "Fundamental",
            "Politics"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A police rank used in Commonwealth countries."
      ],
      "id": "en-detective_inspector-en-noun-QIYbvyd2",
      "links": [
        [
          "law enforcement",
          "law enforcement"
        ],
        [
          "police",
          "police#English"
        ],
        [
          "rank",
          "rank#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, law enforcement) A police rank used in Commonwealth countries."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "abbreviation"
          ],
          "word": "DI"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "law-enforcement"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "detective inspector"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "detective",
        "3": "inspector",
        "pos1": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "detective (adjective) + inspector",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From detective (adjective) + inspector.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "detective inspectors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "detective inspector (plural detective inspectors)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "en:Law enforcement"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A police rank used in Commonwealth countries."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law enforcement",
          "law enforcement"
        ],
        [
          "police",
          "police#English"
        ],
        [
          "rank",
          "rank#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, law enforcement) A police rank used in Commonwealth countries."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "law-enforcement"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "DI"
    }
  ],
  "word": "detective inspector"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.