spymaster
noun
spy·mas·ter ˈspī-ˌma-stər 
: the head of a ring of spies : a director of intelligence
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Then the prince’s former spymaster approaches Mer with a plan to steal the prince’s treasure, with a team of rogues that includes a corgi that might be a spy for the faeries. 
Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022 Abtey saw to it that the files passed from the British Embassy there into the hands of Wilfred Dunderdale, a spymaster in London’s Secret Intelligence Service. Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 Her character Malory Archer, a harsh spymaster and the highly-critical mother of the show's super-spy protagonist, was explicitly based on Walter's iconic performance as Lucille Bluth on Arrested Development. Christian Holub, EW.com, 12 July 2022 In the early morning hours of September 23, 1780, three American militiamen captured the dashing British spymaster John André near Tarrytown, New York. Claire Bellerjeau And Tiffany Yecke Brooks, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2022 As a spymaster and security official in the 2000s, MBN had led the country’s domestic war against al‑Qaeda, and in the process had become well connected with counterparts in Washington and London. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2022 Kilmeade places 355 in the social circle of British spymaster and legendary party-thrower John André. Bill Bleyer, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2022 The Quds Force was on the U.S. list of terrorist groups since 2007, and Soleimani, long considered to be Iran's spymaster, commanded the forces that repeatedly attacked and killed U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq. Michael Lee, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2022 Yes, this spurs the elves to action with Francesca leading her people into Redania to exact revenge on King Vizimir and his spymaster, Sigismund Dijkstra (Graham McTavish). Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021 See More
Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022 Abtey saw to it that the files passed from the British Embassy there into the hands of Wilfred Dunderdale, a spymaster in London’s Secret Intelligence Service. Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 Her character Malory Archer, a harsh spymaster and the highly-critical mother of the show's super-spy protagonist, was explicitly based on Walter's iconic performance as Lucille Bluth on Arrested Development. Christian Holub, EW.com, 12 July 2022 In the early morning hours of September 23, 1780, three American militiamen captured the dashing British spymaster John André near Tarrytown, New York. Claire Bellerjeau And Tiffany Yecke Brooks, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2022 As a spymaster and security official in the 2000s, MBN had led the country’s domestic war against al‑Qaeda, and in the process had become well connected with counterparts in Washington and London. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2022 Kilmeade places 355 in the social circle of British spymaster and legendary party-thrower John André. Bill Bleyer, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2022 The Quds Force was on the U.S. list of terrorist groups since 2007, and Soleimani, long considered to be Iran's spymaster, commanded the forces that repeatedly attacked and killed U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq. Michael Lee, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2022 Yes, this spurs the elves to action with Francesca leading her people into Redania to exact revenge on King Vizimir and his spymaster, Sigismund Dijkstra (Graham McTavish). Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1938, in the meaning defined above
spymasters
noun
as in superspies
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- superspies
- informers
- infiltrators
- counterspies
- spies
- stool pigeons
- sleepers
- operatives
- double agents
- couriers
- emissaries
- assets
- spooks
- moles
- agents
- intelligencers
- undercovers