Philby

[ fil-bee ]

noun

1. Harold Adrian Russell Kim, 1912–1998, British double agent: defected to U.S.S.R. 1963.

Philby

/ ˈfɪlbɪ /

noun

1. PhilbyHarold Adrian Russell19121988MBritishCRIME AND POLICING: spy Harold Adrian Russell, known as Kim. 1912–88, English double agent; defected to the Soviet Union (1963)
2. PhilbyH(arry) Saint John (Bridger)18851960MBritishTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorerPOLITICS: public servant his father, H ( arry ) Saint John ( Bridger ). 1885–1960, British explorer, civil servant, and Arabist

Example Sentences

More dreadful, it was Philby who ran covert operations against the Russians out of MI6.

From The Daily Beast

It was Philby, it turned out, who alerted Maclean and Burgess that they should escape to the Soviet Union in 1951.

From The Daily Beast

Kim Philby might have told him so, if Philby ever told anyone the truth about anything.

From The Daily Beast

It seems quite obvious from his own words that Snowden is a sort of post-ideological Philby.

From The Daily Beast

Other members included editors of the Daily Express and the Daily Mail, as well as Kim Philby, Peter Ustinov, and David Niven.

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