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intelligencer

intelligencer noun: a bringer of intelligence (news, information); a spy or informant.

Noun

intelligencer (plural intelligencers)

  1. (dated) A bringer of intelligence (news, information); a spy or informant.
    • 'Tis likely that the Princes of this land
      Have heard of us from messengers and come
      To be their own intelligencers.1922, “The Suppliant Maidens”, in Geoffrey Montagu Cookson, transl., Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 8
    Synonyms:
    informant, spy

intelligencer meaning in Tamil

intelligencer in Tamil

ஒற்றர்

Synonyms of intelligencer

Forms of intelligencer

pluralintelligencers

Origin of intelligencer

From intelligence + -er.

Words formed from intelligencer

Questions about intelligencer

What does intelligencer mean?
Intelligencer means a bringer of intelligence (news, information); a spy or informant.
What is intelligencer in Tamil?
Intelligencer in Tamil is ஒற்றர். See Intelligencer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is intelligencer?
Intelligencer is a noun.
What is the plural of intelligencer?
The plural of intelligencer is intelligencers.

Words near intelligencer in the dictionary

  1. intelligence service
  2. intelligence services
  3. intelligence-gathering
  4. intelligenced
  5. intelligencelike
  6. intelligencer
  7. intelligencers
  8. intelligences
  9. intelligencies
  10. intelligencing
  11. intelligencings

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