inspector general

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   a military officer responsible for investigations

   Broadermilitary officer

   military

Questions about inspector general

What does inspector general mean?

inspector general means "a military officer responsible for investigations".

Is inspector general a common word?

inspector general is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.