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cabinet noir

cabinet noir noun: a government intelligence-gathering office, usually within a postal service, where correspondence was covertly opened and read before being forwarded to its destination.

Noun

cabinet noir (plural cabinets noirs)

  1. (historical) A government intelligence-gathering office, usually within a postal service, where correspondence was covertly opened and read before being forwarded to its destination.

Forms of cabinet noir

pluralcabinets noirs

Questions about cabinet noir

What does cabinet noir mean?
Cabinet noir means a government intelligence-gathering office, usually within a postal service, where correspondence was covertly opened and read before being forwarded to its destination.
What part of speech is cabinet noir?
Cabinet noir is a noun.
What is the plural of cabinet noir?
The plural of cabinet noir is cabinets noirs.

Words near cabinet noir in the dictionary

  1. cabinet maker
  2. cabinet makers
  3. cabinet making
  4. cabinet minister
  5. cabinet ministers
  6. cabinet noir
  7. cabinet of curiosities
  8. cabinet particulier
  9. cabinet piano
  10. cabinet pianoforte
  11. cabinet pianofortes

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