spymaster

noun

spy·​mas·​ter ˈspī-ˌma-stər How to pronounce spymaster (audio)
: the head of a ring of spies : a director of intelligence

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There is the ruthless spymaster Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) and his mysterious assistant Kleya (Elizabeth Dulau). Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025 The former spymaster, once an aspirant for the position of army chief, has been accused of colluding with Mr. Khan to destabilize the tenure of Gen. Asim Munir, the current head of the Pakistan Army, and of helping to orchestrate the riots of May 9, 2023. Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024 As political tensions rose in 1938, Warner invited a group of Hollywood executives and insiders—director Mervyn LeRoy, actor Paul Muni, anti-Nazi spymaster and attorney Leon Lewis, and producer David O. Selznick—to read Morris Lazaron’s Common Ground: A Plea for Intelligent Americanism (1938). Chris Yogerst / Made By History, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025 In the fall of 2022, U.S. and Russian spymasters met in Turkey. Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spymaster

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First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of spymaster was in 1938

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“Spymaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spymaster. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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