secret agent
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 1830–40
Words nearby secret agent
secondment, secondo, secos, secrecy, secret, secret agent, secret ballot, secret history, secret partner, secret police, secret santa
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Example sentences from the Web for secret agent
And at times the tricky part, the hard part, is finding out what that secret-agent mission is.
British Dictionary definitions for secret agent
secret agent
noun
a person employed in espionage
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