noun
a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
• Syn: ↑secret agent, ↑intelligence agent, ↑operative
• Hypernyms: ↑agent
• Hyponyms:
↑agent-in-place, ↑agent provocateur, ↑provocateur, ↑bridge agent, ↑case officer, ↑codetalker, ↑windtalker, ↑foot, ↑NOC, ↑spy, ↑undercover agent, ↑walk-in
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noun : a staff officer who gathers, evaluates, interprets, and disseminates intelligence and attempts to thwart enemy attempts to gather such information
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a military officer responsible for collecting and processing data on hostile forces, weather, and terrain.
[1880-85]
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intelligence officer,
an officer in the service of an intelligence department or bureau.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.