inspectorship

American  

[in-spek-ter-ship] / ɪnˈspɛk tərˌʃɪp /

noun

• inspectorships
  plural

1. the role, position, or duties of an inspector.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• inspectorships
  plural

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inspectorship inspectorships

Following the trail of a prussic acid theft, Sergeant Bell of Scotland Yard blunders his way into an inspectorship, following his self-denied solution of the crime.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well, for my part, I say that he ought to accept this inspectorship.

From The Fat and the Thin by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly

He would have been delighted if the insurrection could have broken out the very next day, so that he might at once have tossed the laced cap of his inspectorship into the streets.

From The Fat and the Thin by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly

Then he died, and Mrs. Wilson was deservedly appointed to a custom-house inspectorship by the American Government.

From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886. by Various

The young hopeful quickly puts an end to my speculations as to the exact capacity in which he means to serve the Department by applying for an inspectorship.

From Ireland In The New Century by Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett

The few "plums" of the profession are the inspectorships of the Government and of the more important education committees.

From Women Workers in Seven Professions by Edith J. Morley

Candidates for these inspectorships must have had considerable administrative experience.

From Women Workers in Seven Professions by Edith J. Morley

The sale of offices, of justice, of collectorships of taxes, of the administration, of the army, of the public domain, was only less onerous than the sale of monopolies and inspectorships of markets and ports.

From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith