inspectorship

American  

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

noun

plural

inspectorships

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

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Example Sentences

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

To complete the thing, I should have given him, instead of his inspectorship, a headship at Oxford, for which, it seems to me, he was admirably fitted.

From Matthew Arnold by Saintsbury, George

Monetary establishments find no difficulty in conducting their affairs under a general inspectorship assisted by a local direction.

From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by West, John

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 Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

Here was a good reason for the last; but in the course of his inspectorship he had given many stronger which all told in a contrary direction; and these he was now to hear.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew