"inspectioneer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: inspectioneers [plural]
Etymology: From inspection + -eer. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|inspection|eer}} inspection + -eer Head templates: {{en-noun}} inspectioneer (plural inspectioneers)
  1. (nonstandard) One who carries out an inspection; an inspector. Tags: nonstandard
    Sense id: en-inspectioneer-en-noun-GvZsZj8j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -eer, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: inspectioneers [plural]
Etymology: By mistaken association with inspection. Head templates: {{en-noun}} inspectioneer (plural inspectioneers)
  1. Synonym of specksioneer (“chief harpooner”) Synonyms: specksioneer [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-inspectioneer-en-noun-yXNRTkgi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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