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intelligencer

[ in-tel-i-juhn-ser ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that conveys information.
  2. an informer; spy.


intelligencer

/ ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒənsə /

noun

  1. archaic.
    an informant or spy


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Word History and Origins

Origin of intelligencer1

First recorded in 1570–80; intelligence + -er 2

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Example Sentences

He was the longtime book critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer until it ceased publication in March 2009.

Editor's Note: Andrea Vogt is a freelance writer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

A previous version of this article referred to the newspaper as the Press-Intelligencer.

He was the longtime book critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer until it ceased publication in March.

John Douglas Marshall was the book critic of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer until it ceased publication in March.

He was long a correspondent of the National Intelligencer and other papers, residing in Virginia.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer gave a photographic reproduction of the cover page of the book and of the page containing the song.

You had best inquire Of your intelligencer: I am no informer.

Even the National Intelligencer, at Washington, passed lightly over the affair, and deprecated the publication of particulars.

Intelligencer until after the close of the next Presidential election—is one, in my judgment, of great importance.

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