secret agent
Americannoun
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an agent of a secret service.
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(loosely) a person employed to collect the military secrets of one country and relay them to another, especially a person living in a foreign country while so working for their own nation; spy.
noun
Etymology
Origin of secret agent
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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Channeling the fictional 1980s secret agent MacGyver, he unwound the paper clip and stuck it in his TV’s coaxial port to get a signal.
The thirty-five-year-old New Yorker was a librarian by day—and a longtime secret agent for the Soviet Union.
From Literature
A screenwriter hasn’t yet been named and no announcement has been made as to who will take over playing the famed British secret agent.
From Los Angeles Times
A Highland house where "troublesome" secret agents were kept busy during World War Two has been put up for sale.
From BBC
An email address associated with him includes the 007 sobriquet of the world's most famous secret agent.
From BBC
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