intelligencer
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From intelligence + -er.
Noun
[edit]intelligencer (plural intelligencers)
- (dated) A bringer of intelligence (news, information); a spy or informant.
- 1922, “The Suppliant Maidens”, in Geoffrey Montagu Cookson, transl., Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 8:
- 'Tis likely that the Princes of this land
Have heard of us from messengers and come
To be their own intelligencers.
Usage notes
[edit]- Often used in the names of newspapers.
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[edit]a bringer of intelligence, news, information
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