intelligencer

noun

in-ˈte-lə-jən(t)-sər How to pronounce intelligencer (audio)
Definition of intelligencernext
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

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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

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  1. reporter
  2. spy
  3. correspondent
  4. agent
  5. journalist
  6. operative
Noun
  • Watt joined play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz and sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson after Tony Romo went on leave following his July 23 arrest in Wisconsin.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • According to one of the student reporters, SB Nation’s Testudo Times journalist Nolan Rogalski, he and Jude Wilkenfeld believed they were permitted to stand outside the football complex because Maryland is a public university.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of reporter
Noun
  • Weeks before the shootdown, the spies allegedly reported on the naval airbase in Key West and were told to transmit Brothers to the Rescue flight data back to the Cuban authorities.
    — Liv Caputo Herald, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
  • His sixth great-grandfather was a spy in the Revolutionary War.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of spy
Noun
  • Joining me for insight and analysis are NBC News Senior Washington correspondent Hallie Jackson, former Biden White House senior adviser Steve Ricchetti and Lanhee Chen, a fellow at the Hoover Institution.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Now, correspondent Anthony Mason reports on the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York's landmark show that rewrites the story of Krasner and Pollock, two artists whose work and legacy were – aesthetically and personally – bound together.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of correspondent
Noun
  • Anyone seeking to hold federal agents accountable must be prepared for a long wait, says Borchetta.
    — Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Child welfare agents said abuse may have occurred, but the perpetrator was unknown, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post.
    — Lara Korte The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of agent
Noun
  • Kagame has led the country for decades, and his government has long been accused of abuses over its treatment of political opponents, journalists and other critics.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
  • If the report is so defective that nobody should rely on it, release it alongside the state’s criticisms and let lawmakers, journalists, insurance experts and Floridians examine both.
    — Matthew T. Christ, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of journalist
Noun
  • His vice president at the nonprofit, a longtime Republican operative, had suggested it, Wilson later testified.
    — Christopher Spata, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Kenney said the movement also became more professional, building organizations, raising money and drawing in political operatives with campaign and fundraising experience.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
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