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noun
an agent of a secret service.
(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 his or her own nation; spy.
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Origin of secret agent
First recorded in 1830â40
Words nearby secret agent
Second World War, secos, secrecy, secret, secreta, secret agent, secretagog, secretagogue, secretaire, Secrétan's syndrome, secretarial
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British Dictionary definitions for secret agent
secret agent
noun
a person employed in espionage
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