controlleur

plural controlleurs

1. archaicA Dutch official who performs inspections or oversight; an inspector.

   Here we met the Controlleur of the district of Tondáno, who was returning home from one of his monthly tours, and who had agreed to act as my guide and companion on the journey.

   1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co.

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   Beer without company is like a book without words or music without rhythm. Likewise company without beer has little meaning. Consequently the doctor on the island is not a popular visitor of the Controlleur's, since he does not drink.

   1940 February 12, The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, page 4, column 7