intelligencer

noun

intelligencer

noun

Etymology From intelligence + -er.

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
Derived terms: macaroni intelligencer
Related terms: intelligence, intelligent

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