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homestead inspector 
a government official responsible for seeing that homesteaders meet the conditions of the Homestead Act (def. 2).
See also: Homestead Act (def. 2)
- 1883 The tour of the Government Homestead Inspector amongst the settlers of the locality to find out whether the conditions of the homestead law are being fulfilled Is causing a good deal of excitement in the rural districts.
- 1913 (1914) The homestead inspector for those parts . . . told us that in his opinion there was nothing more remarkable than the way in which English people . . . adapted themselves to the new conditions of life.
- 1883 The tour of the Government Homestead Inspector amongst the settlers of the locality to find out whether the conditions of the homestead law are being fulfilled Is causing a good deal of excitement in the rural districts.