Definitions For Intelligencer

Noun

INTELLIGENCER (plural INTELLIGENCERs) (dated) A bringer of intelligence (news, information); a spy or informant.

Usage notes

Often used in the names of newspapers.

Synonyms

bringer of intelligence informant, spy

Related terms

intelligence intelligent

Translations

Bulgarian: разузнавач, m, информатор, m German: Zuträger

Etymology

intelligence + er

Is Intelligencer a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
22

The word Intelligencer is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Intelligencer in a Sentence

  • The student journalist asked questions as probing as those of a seasoned intelligencer
  • As the nation's top intelligencer, the director of the CIA should have been more skeptical of the information he was being fed

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