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foreign agent

foreign agent noun: someone who actively carries out the interests of a foreign country while located in another host country.

Noun

foreign agent (plural foreign agents)

  1. Someone who actively carries out the interests of a foreign country while located in another host country.

Forms of foreign agent

pluralforeign agents

Questions about foreign agent

What does foreign agent mean?
Foreign agent means someone who actively carries out the interests of a foreign country while located in another host country.
What part of speech is foreign agent?
Foreign agent is a noun.
What is the plural of foreign agent?
The plural of foreign agent is foreign agents.

Words near foreign agent in the dictionary

  1. forehouses
  2. foreign
  3. foreign accent syndrome
  4. foreign accent syndromes
  5. foreign affairs
  6. foreign agent
  7. foreign agents
  8. foreign aid
  9. foreign aids
  10. foreign bodies
  11. foreign body

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