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Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden noun: any National Security Agency employee who leaks national security secrets to the media.

Noun

Edward Snowden (plural Edward Snowdens)

  1. Any National Security Agency employee who leaks national security secrets to the media.
    • US government suspects that another Edward Snowden is exposing sensitive information about the NSA's inner workings.
    • Obama's goal for the NSA reform is to prevent future Edward Snowdens.

Forms of Edward Snowden

pluralEdward Snowdens

Origin of Edward Snowden

Named after Edward Snowden (born 1983) who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency in 2013.

Words formed from Edward Snowden

Questions about Edward Snowden

What does Edward Snowden mean?
Edward Snowden means any National Security Agency employee who leaks national security secrets to the media.
What part of speech is Edward Snowden?
Edward Snowden is a noun.
What is the plural of Edward Snowden?
The plural of Edward Snowden is Edward Snowdens.

Words near Edward Snowden in the dictionary

  1. EDVs
  2. EDW
  3. Edwalton
  4. Edward
  5. Edward River
  6. Edward Snowden
  7. Edward Snowdens
  8. Edward the Confessor
  9. Edwarda
  10. Edwardean
  11. Edwardeanism

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