intelligencer
Noun: 1. A person who conveys information or intelligence: "intelligencer" refers to an individual who brings news or provides information, often secretly or as a messenger. 2. A spy or secret agent: "intelligencer" can also denote a person employed to gather confidential or strategic information, especially for military or political purposes.
- (A messenger who brought important information.)
- (A spy or secret agent gathering intelligence.)
"to act as an intelligencer": to serve as a source of information or a spy.
- He was recruited to act as an intelligencer for the resistance. (He worked as a secret informant.)
"intelligencer network": a system of informants or spies working together.
- The intelligencer network stretched across the entire region. (A group of spies or informants.)
Intelligence (n): the ability to acquire and apply knowledge; also, information of military or political value.
- The agency gathered intelligence on foreign threats. (Strategic information.)
Intelligent (adj): having or showing intelligence; mentally sharp.
- She is an intelligent student who excels in her studies. (She is smart and quick to learn.)
Intelligentsia (n): the intellectual or educated class in a society.
- The intelligentsia often debates social and political issues. (The educated elite.)
- Informant: a person who gives information, often to authorities.
- Spy: a person who secretly gathers information about an enemy or competitor.
- Agent: a person acting on behalf of another, especially in a secret capacity.
"to be in the intelligence loop": to be part of a group that receives secret or privileged information.
- Only a few trusted intelligencer were in the intelligence loop. (Only a few key informants knew the secret.)
"to play the intelligencer": to act as a spy or informant.
- He was accused of playing the intelligencer for the opposing faction. (He was suspected of spying.)