bank examiner

noun

a public official appointed under U.S. state or federal laws to inspect and audit the operations and accounts of banks in the examiner's jurisdiction.

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

A Bank Examiner to afford perfect security for the real merit of his examination, has a disagreeable duty to perform.

It seems he'd made a large loan without security to an unknown person, and the bank examiner was coming to-day.

There's a new bank examiner over at the First, and he's a stem-winder.

You can't let a bank examiner in to count $2,200 and close your doors.

There is a bank examiner at work—this very moment while we're sitting here—on the Collect Pond Bank—which is mine.

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