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Definitions

intelligencer

[in-tel-i-juhn-ser] / ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒən sər /
NOUN
courier
Synonyms
STRONG
bearer carrier dispatcher emissary envoy express go-between gofer gopher herald internuncio runner
Antonyms
WEAK
receiver sender
NOUN
spy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agent detective informer investigator mole operative secret agent secret service undercover agent
STRONG
emissary lookout observer patrol plant scout sleeper sleuth snoop spotter watcher
WEAK
double agent espionage agent foreign agent inside agent plumber

Example Sentences

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The former minister told Aluko she had already spoken about his "general behaviour, acquisition of assets, etc, asking you to be careful because intelligencer will start following you".

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Marlowe, we think, worked as a secret agent or "intelligencer" in the proto-secret service that Francis Walsingham set up for Elizabeth I, and in all likelihood conducted espionage abroad.

From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2010

Shakespeare speaks of Richard as "hell's black intelligencer," "that bottled spider, this poisonous bunch-back'd toad."

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Lovelace communicated to me this morning early, from his intelligencer, the news of my brother's scheme.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Richardson, Samuel

And yet, as my intelligencer acquaints me, her implacable relations are resolved to distress her all they can.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Richardson, Samuel