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intelligencer

noun
in·​tel·​li·​genc·​er | \ in-ˈte-lə-jən(t)-sər; -ˈte-lə-ˌjen(t)-, -ˌte-lə-ˈjen(t)-\

Definition of intelligencer

1 : a secret agent : spy
2 : a bringer of news : reporter
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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

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1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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