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单词 intelligencer
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intelligencer

noun

in·​tel·​li·​genc·​er in-ˈte-lə-jən(t)-sər How to pronounce intelligencer (audio)
-ˈte-lə-ˌjen(t)-,
-ˌte-lə-ˈjen(t)-
1
: a secret agent : spy
2
: a bringer of news : reporter

Synonyms

  • correspondent
  • journalist
  • newshound
  • newsman
  • newsperson
  • pressman [British]
  • reporter
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Example Sentences

the student journalist asked questions as probing as those of a seasoned intelligencer as the nation's top intelligencer, the director of the CIA should have been more skeptical of the information he was being fed

Word History

First Known Use

1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1

intelligencer

noun

1
as in reporter
a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news the student journalist asked questions as probing as those of a seasoned intelligencer

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • reporter
  • correspondent
  • journalist
  • columnist
  • newsman
  • announcer
  • broadcaster
  • newsperson
  • newspaperman
  • pressman
  • newscaster
  • newshound
  • anchorman
  • newspaperwoman
  • commentator
  • editor
  • muckraker
  • sportswriter
  • copyreader
  • anchorwoman
  • newswoman
  • photojournalist
  • staffer
  • anchorperson
  • stringer
  • byliner
  • anchor
  • police reporter
2
as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country as the nation's top intelligencer, the director of the CIA should have been more skeptical of the information he was being fed

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • spy
  • agent
  • operative
  • emissary
  • informer
  • mole
  • undercover
  • undercover agent
  • secret agent
  • spook
  • courier
  • asset
  • counterspy
  • spymaster
  • sleeper
  • double agent
  • superspy
  • infiltrator
  • stool pigeon
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