A person who is employed to obtain confidential information; an informer, a spy, a secret agent. Now chiefly historical.
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| 释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > a secret observer, spy > secret agent (17) intelligencer1540 A person who is employed to obtain confidential information; an informer, a spy, a secret agent. Now chiefly historical. intelligentiary1577 = intelligencer, n. 1. under-puller1682 A secret agent. agent1804 A person acting on behalf of another. A person who works secretly to obtain information for a government or other official body; a spy. foreign agent1822 a person who represents or acts on behalf of one country while located in another; (in later use spec.) a person who works secretly to obtain… operative1901 Originally and chiefly U.S. An agent employed by a detective agency, secret service, or similar organization; a private investigator. In later use… spook1942 slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). An undercover agent; a spy. under-cover1962 An undercover agent. slang. Abwehr agent1990 General attributive, as Abwehr agent, Abwehr chief, Abwehr official, etc. Subcategories:— operating alone (1) — serving more than one master (3) — inactive (2) — employed by thieves (1) — East Indian (1) |
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