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English
Etymology
From intelligence + -er.
Noun
intelligencer (plural intelligencers)
- (dated) A bringer of intelligence (news, information); a spy or informant.
1922, “The Suppliant Maidens”, in Geoffrey Montagu Cookson, transl., Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 8:'Tis likely that the Princes of this land
Have heard of us from messengers and come
To be their own intelligencers.
Usage notes
- Often used in the names of newspapers.
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