spymaster

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

/ ˈspaɪˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər /

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an espionage agent who directs a network of subordinate agents.

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Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1940–45; spy + master

One reason, as Gorenberg reveals, is that the spies and spymasters who made history were told, “Now history must have no memory of you.”
Forgotten spies who fought the Nazis in the Middle East|Jonathan Kirsch|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
When the president of the United States and his spymaster sound like Putin, it might be time to rethink things.
Did Putin or Obama Say ‘We Don’t Have a Domestic Spying Program’?|Justin Miller|April 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Celebrity Name-Drop IMF chief Christine Lagarde, Oxygen founder “Gerry” Laybourne, ex–U.K. spymaster Dame Stella Rimington.
Five Girl-Power Books Exactly Like Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In’|Sean Macaulay|March 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And it is a police state whose mukhabarat chief is a KGB-trained spymaster with a reputation for ruthlessness.
Bruce Riedel: Stop the Libya Blame Game|Bruce Riedel|October 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Germany even gave East German spymaster Markus Wolf a government pension and let him peacefully retire.
Good Riddance, Gaddafi!|Richard Miniter|October 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST
After a string of disappointing books, the Cold War spymaster is back with a great new novel.
John le Carré Returns|Sarah Weinman|October 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST