spymaster

[ spahy-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]

noun

1. an espionage agent who directs a network of subordinate agents.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spymaster¹

First recorded in 1940–45; spy + master

Example Sentences

One reason, as Gorenberg reveals, is that the spies and spymasters who made history were told, “Now history must have no memory of you.”

From Washington Post

When the president of the United States and his spymaster sound like Putin, it might be time to rethink things.

From The Daily Beast

Celebrity Name-Drop IMF chief Christine Lagarde, Oxygen founder “Gerry” Laybourne, ex–U.K. spymaster Dame Stella Rimington.

From The Daily Beast

And it is a police state whose mukhabarat chief is a KGB-trained spymaster with a reputation for ruthlessness.

From The Daily Beast

Germany even gave East German spymaster Markus Wolf a government pension and let him peacefully retire.

From The Daily Beast

After a string of disappointing books, the Cold War spymaster is back with a great new novel.

From The Daily Beast