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spookmaster

spookmaster noun: a spymaster.

Noun

spookmaster (plural spookmasters)

  1. (slang) A spymaster.
    • […] the jocular antics of a Hollywood-trained Ronald Reagan during photo ops were let down by the duller visuals provided by a former CIA spookmaster.1990, Carol Squiers, The Critical Image
    • The original series, which premiered in 1934 and didn't switch the lights back on until 1939, was the brainchild of a near-forgotten spookmaster […]2000, Gerald Nachman, Raised on Radio

Forms of spookmaster

pluralspookmasters

Origin of spookmaster

From spook + master.

Questions about spookmaster

What does spookmaster mean?
Spookmaster means a spymaster.
What part of speech is spookmaster?
Spookmaster is a noun.
What is the plural of spookmaster?
The plural of spookmaster is spookmasters.

Words near spookmaster in the dictionary

  1. spookism
  2. spookist
  3. spookists
  4. spookless
  5. Spooklight
  6. spookmaster
  7. spookmasters
  8. spookocracy
  9. spookological
  10. spookologist
  11. spookologists

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